Drill Straight Holes Every Time!
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- You don’t need a drill press or commercial drill guide to drill perpendicular holes. With this simple to make wooden guide, you can use your handheld drill motor and get flawless results!
If you’ve ever put a lot of work into a project, only to have it spoiled or diminished by a crooked or ragged hole, then you’ll love this guide and technique! When you’ve just built a workbench, you don’t want to risk screwing up drilling the dog holes for the bench’s clamping system. No fear of that now!
For many, it is really difficult to correctly sight down the edges of the drill bit to assure that bit is drilling absolutely vertical in relation to the surface. That’s because there are confusing edges and sightlines that compete for your attention. You can now cut through all that visual clutter and use only the shaft of the drill bit, held in a perfect position, to get precise results!
Better yet, the guide is cheap and easy to make, and you can use it with twist, paddle and Forstner bits.
Easy, fast, inexpensive, and most of all effective. What’s not to love? When it comes to setting up for precise drilling, JUST DO IT YOURSELF! (JDIY) 
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Wait a sec. How can you achieve depth? The shaft on the forester bit is quite short. The drill head hits the guide block barely after it penetrates the workpiece.
Brilliant! I needed a way to drill a straight hole with a forstner bit and this is perfect. So happy I found you.
Now that is a tool I’m going to make on Monday. Many thanks!
Enjoy! Always good to hear from you my friend! Best, Jay
Great idea. Thanks for the vid
Thank You.
So far best technique on RUclips yet for drilling straight 90.
Hyde 37, aw garsh! Thanks for your kind comment. Best Regards, DFJ
ah this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
Glad I could help! Best, DFJ
Simple and effective. Worked great, TY.
Glad we could be of help Zanzubaa1. Best, DFJ
Thank you Sir.🎉
Brilliant,thank you.
Thanks for watching and commenting. Best to you, DFJ
Always excellent tips! I never know what you're going to post, and it's always very interesting.
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I appreciate that! Thanks for watching and commenting. Best to you, DFJ
Thank you for sharing this video. It's very helpful.
Thanks for watching and commenting Edwynn Castillo. Best to you my friend. DFJ
Brilliant
Great item
Haha I remember I once made a drill guide by making free hand drill holes on a piece of wood, I ended doing like 20 holes until I finally got a very perfect hole that can be used as a guide to make holes on another surfaces, I marked the straight hole because the guide looked like cheese with all those holes, I did not bother doing a new guide using the previous guide. Good tips in this video, thanks.
I watched a lot of videos trying to figure out how to drill straight holes without a drill press and this one is the certantly the best. Thank you!
Thanks for watching and commenting Lucas Molina Farre. Glad I could be of help! Best to you, DFJ
Good idea. Being a banjo player I'm subscribing because of your choice of music and I like wood working. Thanks for the video.
Welcome Chuck Skooh. Glad to have you join the DFJ family. We love that music as well and purchased the rights to it a long time ago. It's still awesome! Keep watching and commenting. The channel has quite a few woodworking videos for you to enjoy! Best, DFJ
Great idea
Glad you think so! Thanks for watching and commenting. DFJ
Thank you. A lot of times my work just won't fit on my drill press. You just got a new subscriber.
Thanks for the sub! Please write to me about some topics that you'd like to see a video on. At DFJ, we really appreciate our subscribers and want to keep them! Take care!
Smart!
Awesome tip... thanks Jay! P.S. love that hat!
Beefknuckles, glad you enjoyed the tips, and thanks for the positive vote on the hat as well. Speaking of hats, we are opening our own DFJ apparel line in the next week at www.dirtfarmerjay.com. Check it out! Best Regards, DFJ
A few years ago, I rigged up one of my drills so the drill bit was was vertical, then I glued a 2-axis spirit bubble to the back end. It doesn't keep it straight, that's down to the user, but it's perfect for making sure you're within a degree or two when you first start a hole. Really handy if you have to bottom out the drill bit and there's not enough to square it up against the workpiece.
Suprised more drill manufacturers don't include spirit bubbles by default, or have flat, parallel surfaces either side so you can square up the drill rather than the drill bit
Calibre Designs - you've got some great insights there. And, putting that feature on drill motor bodies would be an easy thing to do. Having a built-in reference surface would be a winner. Best, DFJ
I'm trying for a bit to add a system not unlike a picatinny rail to my Makita drill but the bloody thing doesn't have single straight edge or mounting point. I mean it's a drill, not a fashion accessory. I'm almost to the point to cover part of it in epoxy to give it a flat outer shape ;-)
@@amonkane maybe you can use a spirit level which is round and glued on the back using epoxy glue
Great! Thank you! I'm thinking you could make the v shape smaller with flat cutoffs (cut off the points of the "v" 90 degrees and mate with an identical piece, but without the handle. Two wingscrews hold them and let you almost down on the drill bit. If you want to ruin the simplicity which is it's great selling point. This was not such a good idea actually.
L shape brackets can shield the wood.
How many uses would you typically get out of it? Wouldn't the drill bit chew away at the wood quickly after each use?
Easy to make another.
Thx 🙏🏻 you are a awesome
...and humble, too! LOL!
Good idea, thank you!
Thanks for watching and commenting Frank Xia. We love our DFJ viewer family! DF Maggie
@@DirtFarmerJay You are welcome DFJ and I will subscribe then as you have useful things to share. It's very kind.
show de bola! greetins from Brazil. tks
Obrigado por assistir e comentar. DFJ
What i need right now
This is perfect in a pickle and on a budget.
What if you don't have a band saw?
You can cut these right angle cuts with a basic hand saw as well. Best, DFJ
DF, I need to make one of your jigs but I don't have a band saw and don't think a jigsaw would work well. Would you mind if I stop by someday to use your bandsaw? LOL
Love it, thanks!
Any ideas on how to make this tool w/o a bandsaw (or table saw, etc) ?
Also, does the drill bit ever cut into this tool ?
End.Corruption - this tool can be cut using a fine-toothed hand saw as well, it's just faster and more convenient using a band or table saw. The notch is both to give clearance of the cutting portion of the bit, as well as allowing the bit to be placed correctly on the mark you made. Best, DFJ
Jigsaw🤷🏽♂️
Take two straight scraps of wood and glue them together at a 90* worked for me
@@candypaint6919 easy and brilliant!
Hey Dirt Farmer Jay: Great video! What is your videographer using for a camera? It looks really high resolution!
Hi Damaris, Rob here! I’m Jay’s videographer/editor. We shoot just about everything on my Canon 7d.
i need to drill perfectly straight holes into a wood floor with metal cross members underneath the wood its for a trailer...somewhat helpful
Suggest you glue sandpaper on the bottom of the jig.
Jim, that's a GREAT suggestion. Thanks for writing. Same idea is putting sandpaper on a table saw angle gauge or jig. Works really well. Thanks! Best, DFJ
Nice, tip, the hole doesn't look straight though, might just be the video, can you mark both sides of the block to prove the hole is straight ?
Great idea Thanks. One quick question, if we invert the 2nd one, it can be used for normal bits too right? Why we need separate as you shown first?
You could indeed invert it. Thanks! Best, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay Thanks for the wonderful tip. 👌👍
If I use a larger bit could I install fence posts with this method?
Can you give me more information? Are you talking about drilling holes in the fence posts to install hardware?
I like it. Too bad I don't have a bandsaw. Maybe I can get a good notch with my table saw by overcutting.
handcutit!
Can the drill bit cut into the guide and damage it as it spins?
If you let the bit raise too high, or the notch is not high enough, this is possible. I've been able to avoid that problem. Best, DFJ
I just need a bandsaw, or miter box and miter saw, or piece of wood with a square end. Drilling didn't used to be so stressful (I never needed it to be true before either).
Could you make one out of a square piece of aluminum ?
You could, you'd need a cut back to have clearance for the installation end of the nut. There is another fastener out there that doesn't require a tool like this - check out RampaTec. We have a video on them on the channel. Best, DFJ
Is there anything you can't do? Hahahahha
Thanks dad
You're welcome "son". Glad we could help. Best DFJ
I do like the idea but I was watching you use the forstner bit and I don’t see how you can drill very much until the drill chuck area hits the wood. Can you clear that up?
Tracy, thanks for writing. I could have shown a bit more on that point. If you are using a longer shank forstner bit, then you can more easily see the benefit. If not, you can start the hole with the end of the fixture that has the undercut on it, and get started correctly. Then you can freehand drill down just enough to get the top of the bit to be flush with the surface, then switch ends to use the end that engages only the drill shank. I hope this helps! Thanks for watching our video! Best - DFJ
Perhaps use a forstner bit extension...here's an example: www.amazon.com/Alfa-Tools-FB61490-Forstner-Extension/dp/B0035Y5TNQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=forstner+bit+extension+8mm&qid=1610709197&sr=8-1
Can I make one of these with a jigsaw? I don't have a band saw.
Yes you can. Thanks for watching and commenting. Best to you, DFJ
Hi thank you for the tips. I also noticed your drill. Just wondering how did you fit that battery on your Dewalt drill? Or what's the adopter?
Project Kai, You're welcome! That IS a handy adapter isn't it? The Dewalt model number for this 18V to 20V is DCA1820. You can order these from several retailers including Amazon, Lowes and Home Depot. Expect to pay about $40. You can also find cheaper knock offs. Hope that helps! DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay thank you! I will try look some adopters for my old version dewalt tools.
What if I don’t have a band saw to make a jig?
A handsaw can do the same thing if you have a way to hold the work firmly as you make the cuts. - DFJ
Now how do I make perfectly straight cuts without a band or table saw ? :S
A better quality handsaw can cut amazingly straight. That was all they had a century ago. Best, DFJ
problem? doesnt the V shape piece of wood become altered with use over time??? surely a better way of doing this would be to glue some metal tubing in the V (using epoxy) to act as the guide therefore reducing the wear made by the drill bit
Maybe uhmw plastic. They are available in adhesive tapes, 1.5mm thick. Slickstrip is this particular brand name i saw
Good idea. But you would need an accurate tube and thus a block for each drill bit size.
Maybe if you used a half piece of tubing glued against the notch. Base the diameter of the tube off of the largest diameter drill bit that you have.
L shape brackets can shield the wood.
Indeed, good insight.
03:48 better to remove the drill off the drill bit ? to check the 90º better,do not leave the heavy drill hanging there, it tilts.
Good insight, Jose! Thanks for weighing in! Best, DFJ
OK DirtFarmer Jay - your request for where you may first have heard of this technique. I first heard of it from a woodworker called Richard Maguire, a maker of fine benches at that time. I think he said he learnt it from his father; I think he also said that it was in common use by local carpenters of his father's generation.. He is from Lincoln in England. He demonstrated it on his website - www.theenglishwoodworker.com/ - many years ago.
Hey Stephen Martin, Thanks so much for sharing this video and information! Sorry for the delay in my response. RUclips automatically quarantines any link sent in via comments so it can be reviewed and then either allowed or not. You can imagine with such an open forum that some videos may not be appropriate. Best to you and Richard Maguire! DFJ
I can imagine that the person that came up with this idea has been dead for hundreds of years.
Kevin, let's hope so. Some of these simple tricks were figured out a long time ago and generations of people have gotten the benefit of them. Thanks for watching and commenting! Best, DFJ
She always telling me please use guide you always putting in the wrong hole all the time.. it's going to Cummings loose over time practice makes perfect sense
Mate, I can see it's not 100% straight just by watching the video.
This... doesn't look that straight at all.
Might be the perspective, this method works quite well and delivers good result for us. Thanks for stopping by! Best Regards, DFJ
This is a load of hogwash, the forstner bit could only drill 5mm deep hole before having to go freehand which is useless, I would have liked to see a square put on the brad point bit, because it was not square, you could see how crooked it was as the jig moved while you were drilling it, maybe if you clamp the jig it will work 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mopar, thanks for stopping by. The method works well for me when I don't have use of a drill press or guide. While not perfect, I've been able to drill precise holes using this approach. Sounds like another approach might be more to your liking. Best Regards, DFJ
BS... you can see the holes / drill bit did not go down perfectly straight and the tool will not stay true very long... so... there is a better true way...
Thanks for stopping by. DFJ
FFS far too much jibber-jabber. Get to the point sooner.
Des Kodur, thanks for stopping by. Best, DFJ