Hi, I am interested with your method.... Can you explain the 1 2 3 thing? I spend tons of time drilling or screwing and still get things crocked... Andy
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Noel Romey Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and drilling straight 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 <[email protected]> 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>[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] > > ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.12.89/2197 - Release Date: 06/23/09 05:54:00
