Need a good cheap hand-held drill guide (mostly for 90° drilling)

Posted by Thomas G. Marshall on October 22, 2007, 6:13 pm

I mostly need something to guide my handheld drill when I need to make holes
perfectly perpendicular to the wood surface.

I found this guy:

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00967173000P?vName=Tools&cName=Power+Tool+Accessories&sName=Drill+Doctor+%26+Drill+Attachments

Which does angles, though it's unclear how rigid it is. My needs are for
90° but angles could be of use someday.

Posted by PeterD on October 22, 2007, 7:07 pm

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:13:54 GMT, "Thomas G. Marshall"

>I mostly need something to guide my handheld drill when I need to make holes
>perfectly perpendicular to the wood surface.
>I found this guy:
>http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00967173000P?vName=Tools&cName=Power+Tool+Accessories&sName=Drill+Doctor+%26+Drill+Attachments
>Which does angles, though it's unclear how rigid it is. My needs are for
>90° but angles could be of use someday.

Might be worth the $26 they are asking for it.

Or you could use a drill press. There are many other examples, some
better (and some worse) to do what you want.

Posted by Artemus on October 22, 2007, 7:25 pm

Make your own jig out of scraps.
Edge glue/nail together 2 pieces of 1x2 to form a V.
Cut the ends off square.
Place your drill bit in the V and hold it against the desired hole location.
For angled holes cut the jig end off at the desired angle.
Good. Free. Hand held.

Art

wrote in

> I mostly need something to guide my handheld drill when I need to make holes
> perfectly perpendicular to the wood surface.

Posted by Thomas G. Marshall on October 22, 2007, 8:41 pm

Artemus said something like:

> "Thomas G. Marshall"

>> I mostly need something to guide my handheld drill when I need to
>> make holes perfectly perpendicular to the wood surface.

> Make your own jig out of scraps.
> Edge glue/nail together 2 pieces of 1x2 to form a V.
> Cut the ends off square.
> Place your drill bit in the V and hold it against the desired hole
> location.
> For angled holes cut the jig end off at the desired angle.
> Good. Free. Hand held.
> Art

I like how you think....I may do just this....I was planning on using a
press to cut trusted holes in a block of hardwood of every diameter from
dinky to 1/2" to match all my drill bits....like the V thing
better.....but....neither idea works well because I lose the depth of the
bit, unless I get all new extra long bits.

Posted by Tom Dacon on October 23, 2007, 12:01 am

I've used this one for years, and I like it. Good, fast, and cheap.

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=32318&cat=1,180,42311,42321&ap=1

Tom Dacon

>> I mostly need something to guide my handheld drill when I need to make
>> holes
>> perfectly perpendicular to the wood surface.

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