Drilling bench dog holes?

[FrozenNorth]

It would keep clean, no nasty screwdrivers, pencils and chisels lying around. :-)

[Father Haskell]

If I had my way, mine would be there, too -- and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Hand tools are quiet enough, and the temperature and humidity are near perfect.

[Father Haskell]

Make a guide block and clamp it to the workpiece.

[Larry W]

Upscale, considering your problem with exerting adequate down force when drilling, have you every tried any type of self-feeding drill bits? Most are more of a carpenter tool rather than a woodworking tool, the quality of the hole will be more like a spade bit than a forstner, but maybe they would be useful to you. Something like an Irwin Speedbore. There are several other variations. (Still won't help with keeping the hole plumb, though)

[Upscale]

Part of the problem is that I've had self feeding bits get away from me and unless they're rigidly controlled, they drive themselves into the wood like a screw, especially soft wood. I have to be pretty careful when drilling. Just another irritation to experience when you can't bring your full body weight to bear controlling a tool. I do have a set of Irwin Speedbore spade bits and when using them I drill a bit, retract and drill a bit more. Seems to work and usually, they don't pull away from me.

I also have a very basic small benchtop drill press. If the plunge router set up doesn't work as hoped, I'll use the drill press and spade bit to drill the holes.

[nicknoxx]

Poppcosh is an exclamation of joy Poppycock means nonsense - which is what I think you meant

[Leon]

Sorry, Like Minds..

[tiredofspam]

They are perfectly safe in a hand held drill. You can even drill on an angle because of the support around the outside. They are just not a very fast cutting bit, and don't clear chips well. My maple slab is

2.75" thick. A forstener is slow.. Also with my router I made a base plate to > >

[-MIKE-]

I'm full of poppycosh, now that I've been made aware the need to pay more attention to my smell-chequer. Thank you. :-)

[Luigi Zanasi]

Time to splurge for a Festering router & shop vac. If you can't afford it, I'm sure Rob will be glad to give you the toys^H^Hols as he now has a surfeit of them. :-)

Luigi

[Upscale]

Already have the Festering shop vac. Considered the Festering router, but at the current retail price of $910, it's going to have to wait.

As far as Rob goes, I've invited him several times to drop by for a beer. So far, he's resisted. I think he knows I'm only interested in the machinery he has. :)

[Lew Hodgett]

--------------------- Just curious, what does a Milwaukee 5625 set you back these days?

Lew

[Drew Lawson]

I'm following this thread because I've had the same question in my head, but I don't have the bench yet so I didn't ask.

IMO, you are assuming a degree of hand drill skill and/or consistency that I am not certain is in my grasp. This will be my *first* workbench, after all. The results might work fine, but how would I know that at this point?

This question has bumped up suddenly, as I unexpectedly came into a fair number of hand tools that I didn't expect to be in my budget for several more years. Now I need a solid surface and a whole lot of practice.

As for the exactness of the holes, I know how the demons in my head work. The more precise the tool, the less likely I am to decide it is to blame.

[Bill]

Lesson 1 (or 2): Drill a practice hole. Related suggestions include: do a test cut, stain/finish a scrap piece, build a mock-up model. Try to avoid surprises and have fun! :)

Bill

[Father Haskell]

Drill a pilot hole first, 1/8" or whatever size works best with your auger's lead screw. The auger will track dead on with the pilot.

[Lobby Dosser]

$270

[Martin Eastburn]

They work great - drill on an angle or through odd stuff.

I like the aggressive ones - those with teeth edges and a hook while the standard ones are knife edges with a hook that cuts.

I use a 3/8" electric hand drill and once a 1/2" hammer drill in drill only.

Mart> >

[Martin Eastburn]

I think the root of poppycosh must be Poppy hyperbolic cosine. :-)

Mart> >>

[Steve]

"Upscale" wrote in news:BuRDo.12287$ [e-mail]:

Upscale,

Here is Southern California apartments known as live/work units are now becoming popular in urban areas. I did some design work in one that had a rollup door on the ground level with the living areas above. The building has elevator service to get from one level to another. One such place I worked on you can see at this website.

plan here:

this helps.

Steve

Perhaps contacting a real estate agent and telling them you want a live/work unit.