I’ll bet you thought I forgot about the hand tool tip series. Nope just had some other things in the pipeline first. I’ll be getting back to the Queen Anne Table shortly too but I still have some editing to do on that footage. Let’s just say I’m happy with how it came out. Today I share a little tip on keeping your holes straight and square using a brace and bit.
Enjoy!
6 responses so far ↓
1 Tico Vogt // May 17, 2010 at 8:17 pm
Hi Shannon,
In timber framing there is quite a bit of deep boring work with augurs. I learned from Jack Sobon that, when the lead screw just breaks through the opposite face, you then drill from that face back through the hole 1/8″ and get a nice clean exit hole. That’s faster than clamping on a block to prevent the blowout.
Years ago I was working on someone’s house and found in the wall cavity an entire collection of augur bits in a canvas roll that some workman had closed sealed off for a future generation!
2 Shannon // May 17, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Great point Tico and I probably should have mentioned that in this episode but since I wasn’t concerned about blow out on the bottom of the bench I didn’t think about it. Good tip.
3 Aluminum Extrusions // May 18, 2010 at 9:28 am
Great video! It sounds like swing smaller would be a read pain. I bet the holes turn out wonderful with this tool compared to a standard drill! Great instructional!
4 Cando // May 26, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Nice demo. It’s probably easier to get the hole perfectly lined up the way you do it compared to a power drill.
5 Daniel // May 27, 2010 at 11:36 pm
Cool video. Was that REM playing in the background?
6 Shannon // May 28, 2010 at 10:21 am
Daniel, that is actually the Smiths playing in the background. I do have some REM on that playlist somewhere though.