@ If I need a specific depth, I usually just set a ruler to the depth I need, hold my drill bit to the ruler and then mark the bit itself with a marker. I clean all of the tools I use each day and then give them all a wipe down with tool oil on a clean rag before I put them away, so the marker wipes right off of the drill bit. When I first got started in woodworking at the age of 8 (more than 60 years ago!), my father taught me how to drill holes with an “eggbeater” style drill, or with a hand brace and auger-style bits - all manual labor, so it was easy to gage how deep I was drilling. When electric handheld drills came along I had a terrible time judging the depth I was drilling so my father had me use tape on the bits until I got used to drilling with an electric drill. Currently, I have two 20V drill/drivers and I have a big electric floor-mounted drill press, but I actually prefer to use my very first “eggbeater” drill, my very first brace and auger bits or an old manual hand-crank post-mounted drill press that was manufactured in 1902 that I bought a few years ago. I am back to drilling holes the old-fashioned way for most of my projects. By turning the power tools off, I have found that it is so quiet in my shop, I can hear myself breathing … and I have a lot less dust mess to clean up! 😉
thank you, i like joint with bearing!
You are welcome!
Thank for the tips
You're welcome, glad you found them useful!
can‘t you change the dowel helper that way, that you can use mote than one drill size??
Nice tips
Glad you liked it
6:26 Haha! I was just about to ask you why you were running your drill bit all the way up to the jaws … and then I caught what you were doing! 😂
Sorry i confused, but thank you for correction
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You were one step ahead of me, I just didn’t know it for a second ☺️
@ImOnAJourney measure the deep with paper tape
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If I need a specific depth, I usually just set a ruler to the depth I need, hold my drill bit to the ruler and then mark the bit itself with a marker. I clean all of the tools I use each day and then give them all a wipe down with tool oil on a clean rag before I put them away, so the marker wipes right off of the drill bit.
When I first got started in woodworking at the age of 8 (more than 60 years ago!), my father taught me how to drill holes with an “eggbeater” style drill, or with a hand brace and auger-style bits - all manual labor, so it was easy to gage how deep I was drilling. When electric handheld drills came along I had a terrible time judging the depth I was drilling so my father had me use tape on the bits until I got used to drilling with an electric drill.
Currently, I have two 20V drill/drivers and I have a big electric floor-mounted drill press, but I actually prefer to use my very first “eggbeater” drill, my very first brace and auger bits or an old manual hand-crank post-mounted drill press that was manufactured in 1902 that I bought a few years ago. I am back to drilling holes the old-fashioned way for most of my projects. By turning the power tools off, I have found that it is so quiet in my shop, I can hear myself breathing … and I have a lot less dust mess to clean up! 😉