I'm trying to figure out an efficient way to drill out 6" pen blanks. I have to do these in a large quantity (50) and we'll be doing it frequently.
I found a source for our bits which are ~7" long. The drill press we have only has a 3" stroke. Most all the drill-presses i've researched have a travel that is at the most 6" for an "extra-long" travel.
Boring out the blanks with the lathe is a bit shaky. Not a big fan of doing that since we have a small-ish CNC lathe.
Is there an easier solution to this that I'm not thinking of?