Screw tip spouts & collars- when do you drill? Added Some Pix TC

[Oil Derek]

When making horn tip collars and spouts, when do you drill/ream the hole?  What steps and procedure should I employ on the lathe? Or is a drill press used?

Thanks folk.

[bigsmoke]

I guess you could use a drill press but I surely prefer to use a lathe.
I am surely not a whiz at doing screw tip horns, so I will let others more adept at it than I chime in with their responses.

John (Bigsmoke)

[Jeff Murray]

Scott Sibley also put out a book on making southern banded horns.  Believe you can get it from TOTW

[Tim Crosby]

 Try these:

 https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=14401.0

 https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=13901.0

 https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=11613.msg110443#msg110443

 This is Pt I of making a Hunting horn but parts of it may help:

  https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=53178.msg531366#msg531366

  If you have any questions just ask.

   Tim

[Tim Crosby]

 I went ahead and removed the posts on the missing file to clean things up.  TC

[Oil Derek]

Thanks Tim, those links are helpful but I haven’t read them all yet.  When I study them I’ll be back with questions.

What I did read it appears that you drill the stock 1st prior to even roughing it out.  I don’t know about the mandrel concept or have one.  Much to learn.

[Tim Crosby]

What I did read it appears that you drill the stock 1st prior to even roughing it out.  I don’t know about the mandrel concept or have one.  Much to learn.

 You can rough turn first a piece between centers (you will have to look it over good to find a spot to set it up, it probably is not going to be the center on both ends) to get an accurately drilled hole you will need a chuck. Chuck it up and bring the center on the tailstock up to the indent on the one end, then tighten the chuck, that way you will get a dead center hole. Once drilled it can go on a mandrel and be turned to whatever your looking for.   
 My ways, I know there are others this just works for me.

   Tim

[Oil Derek]

Thanks again Tim.  Appears that I need to get pin jaws and a pen mandrel or collet mandrel system.