i hav the bentch top moddle and i like it it has changable speeds buy moveing the belt drive on to other pully combonations it's no gud for driveing but once you hav your pilot hoale the screw wil folow ----- Original Message ----- From: Noel Romey To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight
Jim, My issue is that I don't have a drill press right now. Perhaps I need to get one at some point soon? Noel On 6/23/09, Jim Tosh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Noel, > what I would do to deal with this problem is to get myself a small block > of wood and drill a hole in it using the drill press. I would then place > the block on the job where it matters and use it as my guide > > Cheers. > Jim.. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Noel Romey > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:39 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight > > > > > > Hey guys, > > Do you all have good methods for making sure that, when you're using a > power drill or screw driver, you're holding the drill or screw driver > so that the screw or drill bit goes in completely straight and not on > an angle? I've had problems lately (just started using my portable > 12V drill extensively) that when I start screwing in a screw, it > sometimes does not go in level. I'm assuming that there has got to be > a better way than using an audible level or drill press. I'm working > on putting together a set of Ikea kitchen cabinets and I'm terrified > that I'll drill at an angle or something and screw myself up > completely. > > I've tried using the screw driver bits with a sleeve screw guidd, and > that seems to help, but what about drilling? Any other ideas? > > All the best. > > Noel > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
