I suppose you could say the same thing about drilling a hole in a block. Perhaps the bracket method would take up the least amount of space then?
Noel On 6/23/09, john schwery <jschw...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > 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>tomhod...@fuse.net> 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>blindhandy...@yahoogroups.co >> m [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] >> > On Behalf Of Dan Rossi >> > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:44 AM >> > To: >> > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> > 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>d...@andrew.cmu.edu >> <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] > >
