billiard ball drilling

[porthos]

can biliard balls be drilled normally in a lathe. i would think that it should not be much effort?

 

[freebullet]

Slowly with a masonry bit?

 

[oscarflytyer]

I drilled 2 on the drill press with std drill bits. Use them for press handles. Basically same as drilling hard wood. Real trick is getting the hole centered!

 

[porthos]

thats what i want to use them for. fortunately a can use my lathe

 

[KeithB]

On a lathe in a three jaw chuck it shouldn't be much of a problem. Don't know what type of plastic they use for billiard balls but if you start slow and use a sharp bit most plastics, even the harder types cut pretty well. Wouldn't recommend a masonry bit, but a carbide tipped twist drill might be OK. A masonry bit is ground with the wrong angles and clearances.

 

[Gary]

Same here; drill press. Didn't have any trouble centering the ball, it's round.

 

[Ian]

Centering the ball is easy, drilling a hole accurately on a radius line to the center is another matter entirely.

 

[KeithB]

If I were worried about drilling off center on a ball in a three jaw I would (a) use a center drill, and/or (b) face off a flat spot on the end the same diameter as the drill. Drilling using a drill press is a little more difficult, as Ian says, to drill a hole on a radius line directly to the center. A simple guide is easy enough to make if you have access to a lathe.

 

[Ian]

Lathe and both a) and b). Drill press: Hit it with a file to make a flat spot, center up on the flat circle, and poke the hole.

 

[Intheshop]

Drillpress;

Clamp in a big enough vee block set on the vertical. Center on the Vee,measure to hit the other axis.

There's an even easier way on a DP,but noway in heck I can explain it. Will set it up tomorrow a.m. It uses a long,tap handle of all things?

 

[freebullet]

Learn something new everyday.

 

[Brad]

A billiard ball drilling? Hell, never seen one with a rifle or shotgun barrel muchless both.

What is it chambered in? Got photos? How does it shoot?

 

[popper]

Like a bowling ball. Pocket for the ball and flat spot where you want to drill.

 

[462]

Trivia time
Drilling: Drei is German for three, so the gun is actually a dreiling. Americanization changed it to drilling.

 

[Paul Gauthier]

Here is a video even though it is more complicated than it need to be, I have drilled a bunch in much the same way.,

drilling a hole in a billiard ball - Search Videos

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[Ian]

A billiard ball drilling? Hell, never seen one with a rifle or shotgun barrel muchless both.

What is it chambered in? Got photos? How does it shoot?

I can answer that one, it will be a 1-1/2 pounder.