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Originally Posted by bower
I know what you mean about dirilling a hole that far... no easy task. 
You would probably have to make yourself a custom bit to get 1 1/2 ft from either end. As you say, splitting and gluing back together would be the faster approach, even if you made yourself a monster drill press.
Maybe the long drill setup could be done by adapting a wood lathe?
Making or acquiring the tools for that job would be well worth it if you were planning to make lamps as an ongoing thing. I've thought about it myself, as a lamp could be a nice, high end product if it's done right.
One thing I've noticed, root wood is incredibly hard and fine grained. It's the highest density wood part of any tree, afaict.  So whatever you do with it, it will likely be super stable and strong.  |
I have a monster drill press.
This is the base and will sit as it stands on the table.
The part I would need a hole through would be the 6 foot pole if I dont make it easy on myself and use copper pipe.
I think I might have just enough 1 inch to do the job.
I just looked I have about 8 feet of solid 1 inch copper pipe plus some 3/4 and 1/2 plus fittings.
If I did use copper I would polish it and color it with a torch.
All of the cracks I will fill with colored risen.
Electric blue I think.
Maybe gold brass powder, I can make that.
I just now realized I have spent about 3 or 4 hours on the thing outside with a big grinder/sander.
Worth