Drilling vertical holes.

[whiskywill]

I know this subject has been raised before but I thought this was a clever idea.
http://finelystrung.com/2011/10/

 

[cusimar9]

Not a bad idea, would have come in useful for me a few months ago!

 

[mikefab]

I like it! Thanks for posting

 

[xy mosian]

At last a job for at least one redundant CD. Chop a corner out to the middle and job's a good 'un.
xy

 

[Phil Pascoe]

It's been posted before - BugBear, I think.

 

[bugbear]

It's been posted before - BugBear, I think.

Modesty forbad - post892711.html?hilit=mirror#p892711

But the idea is much older than that.

BugBear

 

[whiskywill]

Oops, missed that one.

 

[david123]

KISS
Love these simple aids. Thank you

 

[RogerP]

Oops, missed that one.

It doesn't hurt to be reminded and newcomers will not have seen the earlier one.

 

[bugbear]

Oops, missed that one.

It doesn't hurt to be reminded and newcomers will not have seen the earlier one.

It was only July!

BugBear

 

[RogerP]

Oops, missed that one.

It doesn't hurt to be reminded and newcomers will not have seen the earlier one.

It was only July!

BugBear

Good grief that was lifetime ago.

 

[Bedrock]

As an adjunct to this, I've been using this aid for a long time, having read it somewhere, for accurately cross drilling centrally, a round bar in a pedestal drill.

Take a flat shim or thin piece of metal and hold it between the tip of the drill and the workpiece. I use a spare parting tool blade. If the drill is anywhere off centre, the shim will not lie flat. Shift the workpiece one way or the other, particularly easy if you have a cross vice. When absolutely horizontal, remove shim and fire away.

Sorry if this has appeared before.

As this is the first time I've dipped into this forum, I obviously hadn't scrolled down far enough to the vertical drill jig. Seems like a good idea, but the above is cheap and works for any drill size.

Mike

 

[Harbo]

Thanks for that - that would have been very useful when I drilled the item on the right:

Rod

 

[Bedrock]

Harbo

Is that a deadbeat escapement? Any chance of more pictures or WIP?

Looks great.

Mike