I'm working on something that requires a hole at an exact position and *perfectly perpendicular* to the wood's surface.
This would normally require a press drill. Except I don't have a press drill. My arsenal of power tools is limited to a regular drill, a circular saw, and a router (with plunge base + fixed base).
So, I'm thinking I could use the router in its plunge base to "simulate" a press drill. The problem is, I have to open a hole in a piece of wood which is 3 inches deep. I have no router bits that long.
Is there a way to adapt drill bits (for which the shank is slightly below 3/8 -- but a lot more than 1/4) to the router? I think I could easily accomplish the task if I could do that.
If it's definitely not possible, can you think of some other trick that could do it in this case? (I don't want to rush my decision to get a press drill -- when I get it, I want to have time enough to shop around and take a good decision without any hurry)
Thanks for any advice!
Carlos
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