Whats this drill bit called?

[ashton691]

Hi I'm looking to make my own budgie concaves does anyone know what this drill press bit is called or do you know of a bit that will make a concave in a small piece of wood?

there is a video on you tube called concave1 can anyone help? sorry my account won't let me post a link

 

[MikeJhn]

I know what Budgie Smugglers are, but I'm stumped on budgie concaves?

Mike

 

[ashton691]

Hi there its a piece of wood with a depression in them that go in the boxes so the eggs roll to the middle under the bird, I've attached a pic below
if you goole budgiw concave a pic will come up or if you take a look at the you tube video you'll see one being made. sorry the site won't let me attach any pic's or links for some reason

 

[Robbo3]

Trivial job for the lathe. Faceplate & double sided tape or hot melt glue to mount the work.
The bit for making a hollow with the drill press, looked home made. A cutter (scraper?) of that size needs to be strong & requires a light feed rate.

 

[MikeJhn]

This is probably what you are looking for, but its for a router rather than a drill press, but can't see why it would not work in one: https://www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/On ... ld_85.html

Mike

 

[Beau]

Found the link and looks very home made to me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAC6V2BIIkI

 

[Lazurus]

Hi I'm looking to make my own budgie concaves does anyone know what this drill press bit is called or do you know of a bit that will make a concave in a small piece of wood?

there is a video on you tube called concave1 can anyone help? sorry my account won't let me post a link

Try contacting your local wood turners, most are very helpful and sure they could make a decent job.

 

[marcros]

Hi I'm looking to make my own budgie concaves

are you talking about making a lot for resale, or a small number for yourself?

how big are these things?

 

[Tasky]

I'm guessing you're making many of these, else you'd have just grabbed a gouge and set to?

 

[Lazurus]

They are around £3 each on the interweb, not much profit margin me thinks

 

[Nelsun]

An alternative router bit could be a "coved upstand" bit: https://www.wealdentool.com/cgi-bin/sh0 ... 30_2d1_2f2

I'm reminded of an Izzy Swan video where he puts a router bit in his drill press to hollow out a spoon (https://youtu.be/bHYl2imCk6g?t=59). It doesn't give a great finish (he goes on to smooth it out in other ways) and I'd say a router will give you much better results in a fraction of the time if you have one. There's always chisels if you're not making 100s of them

 

[ashton691]

Hi All thanks for the reply's i'd be looking to make a couple of hundred every year for myself and a friend just to use in our own boxes as you say Lazurus £3 not to expensive but when you have 200 bird boxes to kit out every year it mounts up, i don't have a lath as of yet so was trying to see what way's you guys suggested to get the effect before i buy tools.

 

[MikeJhn]

This is probably what you are looking for, but its for a router rather than a drill press, but can't see why it would not work in one: https://www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/On ... ld_85.html

Mike

Pillar drill or even a hand held electric drill at a push will work with the above.

Mike