That may work, I never never thought about using the lathe. I have a four jaw chuck that I have not yet used. Thanks John From: blindwoodworker-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blindwoodworker-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Wurtzel Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 7:14 AM To: blindwoodworker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: <blindwoodworker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [blindwoodworker] Re: Tough drilling hi John, I do not no if you have access to a lathe with a 4 jaw chuck if so put peace in chuck with flat side facing tale peace and put drill in tale and the lathe will drill ded center of your peace eCordially, George M. Wurtzel www.gmwurtzel.com "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." Winston Churchill On Oct 23, 2012, at 9:26 PM, "John Sherrer" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Woodworkers I have an adaptive chess board from the blind folks in England. A couple of the pieces have pegs that are too short. The pegs have a diameter of about one eighth inch. Any ideas how to drill out the the pegs? John BlindWoodWorker.com Join our discussion list at: blindwoodworker-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Subscribe in the subject.