I recently bought a used lathe, and am currently practicing on scrap pieces. I plan to turn some tool handles but I don't know how I'll do all of that yet.
I've watched some videos on youtube, where they start by mounting the wood in the lathe chuck, and drill using a drill mounted in the tail stock chuck.
In my lathe, it's not possible to mount a drill chuck into the tail stock (and I actually don't have a chuck for the other end either).
I guess I could just use any hand held drill to make a hole in the finished piece, as it's probably not that important to get the hole perfectly centered.. But I'd like to try, anyhow.
I remember seeing a video somewhere, where they used a drill bit mounted in a wooden handle, for drilling a hole while the lathe was turning the work piece. I think they used it to mark the depth of a bowl or something (can't find the video now). My thought is, could something like this be used?
And if so, where can I find such a drill? Would just any drill bit mounted into a wooden handle work? Or do I need a special drill bit to make it find the centre?
Edit: Another idea I have: in my tail stock, there's a (permanently mounted) hollow cup with a removable pin in the centre (the pin is actually not there anymore, just a hole - but a similar pin in the head stock fits into the hole). I wonder if it's possible to somehow put a drill bit into the hole... Don't know if this is feasible, but it's an idea..