Noel, I had a drill guide for awhile but gave it away. They are ok if you have open space to use it. But if you are drilling near an edge in a tight spot, they are useless.
earlier, Noel Romey, wrote: >The only reason I can think there's a greater sign is because of quoting. > >As per my question, has anyone used a drill guide tool? Seems like >the guide would be a useful thing too. > >Noel > >On 6/23/09, Tom Hodges ><<mailto:tomhodges%40fuse.net>[email protected]> wrote: > > I cut a Vee into a piece of three quarter inch wood and hold my screw or > > Drill bit into the Vee to hold it straight. > > > > > > > > From: > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > m [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Dan Rossi > > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:44 AM > > To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Noel, > > > > What I do when I am drilling, is I take a block that I know is nice and > > square, actually, I use a 1 2 3 setup block. I stand that up next to the > > spot where I want to drill, then just line up the drill bit with the edge > > of the block. Once you get the drill going, you can slide the block out > > of the way. Does a great job for me. > > > > -- > > Blue skies. > > Dan Rossi > > Carnegie Mellon University. > > E-Mail: <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu>[email protected] > <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> > > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
