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Preventing Tear-Out
October 25, 2005

The problem of excessive tear-out at the bottom of drill-press holes can be solved with a simple metal collar. I discovered the collar solution during a 30-unit production run of…
Drilling Accurate Holes in Large Panels
October 25, 2005

This idea evolved after I contracted to drill a series of precise holes in a pile of large panels. To support the drill press over the panels I built a…
Shop-Built Doweling Machine
October 25, 2005

In my one-man cabinet shop I used a doweling jig to drill holes for dowel joints in cabinet door frames and the like. Although I found this procedure too slow,…
Hands Free Drill Press
October 25, 2005

I added a foot-treadle to my drill press by wrapping some plastic-covered cable around the quill and hooking it up with some other odds and ends from the hardware store.…
Doweling Guide
October 25, 2005

Before we discovered this simple steel guide for doweling the joints on cabinet fronts, we tried several other approaches, including an expensive two-spindle horizontal drill. Make the guide out of…
Disposable Doweling Jig
October 25, 2005

When joining face frames, make this doweling jig from 1-1/2-in.-long scraps from the frame's rail or stile and a piece of plywood. Bore the two guide holes in the block…
Biscuit Joinery on the Drill Press
October 25, 2005

I made this fixture for my drill press to cut the slots for biscuit joints. The fixture holds the workpiece and acts as a guide for a 5/32-in.-wide three-wing slot…
Drilling Long Holes With Gun Drills
October 25, 2005

Chris Becksvoort's answer to the long-hole end-grain drilling question (Fine Woodworking #116, p. 26) is right on target for woodworkers who do this occasionally. But if you are doing production…
Improvements for a Drill-Press Auxiliary Table
October 25, 2005

I was glad to see David Harvey's idea for an auxiliary drill-press table (Fine Woodworking #101, p. 12) because I had recently purchased a floor-standing drill press. However, when I…
Shopmade Horizontal Boring Jig
October 25, 2005

I was faced with the challenge of drilling precisely centered holes along the centerline axis of some turned posts. Because the bed of my lathe wasn't long enough to accommodate…

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