Clickspring has an excellent video on simple shop-made drills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1aj_3tlQhU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1aj_3tlQhU You don

Clickspring has an excellent video on simple shop-made drills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1aj_3tlQhU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1aj_3tlQhU You don't need the lathe (though he uses one to rotate it for easy sanding, a drill chuck would work just as well), merely a stone, a torch, and some stock of appropriate diameter...you only need the lathe if you're starting with a shapeless chunk, and this isn't the stone age anymore! https://www.mcmaster.com/metals/hardened-undersized-high-speed-m2-tool-steel-rods-9/ https://www.mcmaster.com/metals/hardened-undersized-high-spe...