Milescraft Drill Mate

You can't take a drill press with you everywhere you go, but you can take a Milescraft® DrillMate™ and use with your standard power drill.
This portable drill guide makes it quick and easy to drill precise holes at multiple angles. The DrillMate™ saves time and eliminates frustration when drilling multiple holes in all materials and shapes of stock, including timber, ceramic tiles and tubular metal or plastic. This all metal construction drill guide provides the precision of a pillar drill with the portability of a hand drill.
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[@chrisdaniel1339]

I bought one, it is ok. I took the spring off as it cants the chuck/drill bit towards the shaft with the spring as there is a bit of slop in the sleeves that ride up and down the shafts. I removed the two hard plastic sleaves from the chuck carrier and replaced them with a piece of ultra slippery Teflon PTFE 1/16" thick sheet (McMaster Carr part# 8545K13) that I rolled into a cylinder. To cut the strip use the full height of the hard plastic insert to measure for the width of the strip and marked a line with a sharpie. Cut the strip off with sharp scissors. Then roll the end of the strip around one of the steel shafts(PTFE is soft) and mark the approximate length needed to make a complete cylinder, you will have to trim off tiny amounts of the length to get it to fit perfectly into the holes in the drill chuck carriage(it should be a tight fit), push the piece of PTFE all the way to the bottom, I needed to use the edge of a 3/8" dowel to to get the PTFE piece to bottom out. There is no need to reinstall the two screw they are not necessary as the Teflon fits it tight. All the slop is gone. Reassemble the drill guide and put a thin film of gun oil, 3 in 1 oil, synthetic motor oil, or the like on the steel shafts, it will be silky smooth and it will be an excellent tool.
I would recommend mounting the drill guide onto a 8" or 10" square base for stability. This is a light duty, hobbyist tool, do not expect to be drilling large holes for pegging mortice and tenon joints in huge timbers.

[@rafaelmijares9197]

I have the same problem! I will try your solution. Thanks!

[@chrisdaniel1339]

@@rafaelmijares9197 I am glad the information I put in the comments is going to help someone else. Sloppy tools frustrate the heck out of me. Be forewarned, use the exact part# I provided as the tolerances are perfect for this application. I tried a piece of 1/16" UHMW-PE that I had laying around and it was too thick, it mic'd at 0.0629" and I could not even get the shaft to fit as there was an interference fit. The PTFE Teflon mic'd at 0.0620" - 0.0622" which is perfect. Plus, Teflon is softer and easier to roll into a cylinder. Let me know how this works for you. Cheers

[@edwardleonard9901]

Thank you very much for the video and explanation. I purchased about 5 years ago the 1318 but I haven't had the opportunity to use it with my Forstner bits, which I think are great bits to make holes of different sizes. I have the Fisch Wave Cutter Forstner bits but the shank won't fit. Is there a solution to make them work together?

[@WoodWorkersWorkshopLimited]

Good to hear you have the 1318, sorry the shank on the Fisch are too big for the chuck, this sounds like a job for the 1368 where you can use your own drill with more power and a larger chuck.