Today I finished up a file handle, and I had to hold it by hand in order to make the hole for the file. Naturally, it's not perfectly straight. This got me wondering...what's the correct way to drill a hole in a file handle using machinery?
With metal, it would be simple, because you could put the handle in your chuck. With wood, this would mar it up. I was thinking I should get a sheet of rubber so I could wrap handles in it and chuck them in the metal lathe for drilling. I tried to pull this off with a piece of thin aluminum today, but the handle wouldn't run true.