A single block can be used to create the row of accurately spaced and aligned holes for the Z hooks used to adjust the sheets on main and headsail booms - 5 mm spacing.

With the JUUMA drill guide, you always have an open view of the drilling position, as the base body is made of transparent acrylic. I did this so that the guide would sit against the internal corner where the upstand meets the base on the router plane. Anyone with an accurately set up drill press could simply mark the top of a piece of wood and drill it through to make a drill bit guide. Having worked accurately, use an awl to start the hole, place the tip of the 1/8″ (3mm) bit in the hole and rotate the bit just enough to locate the centre of the hole.

The Milescraft DrillBlock drill guide allows you to drill straight holes all of the time, on many different drilling surfaces.

I worked with metal and we used blocks or turned top hat bushes into which we could swop different sized hardened drill bushes. The company's registered address is Accsol House High Street, Johnstown, Wrexham, LL14 2SH, United Kingdom.The guide block is beautifully finished with a black electro-coating, for wear and corrosion resistance. The guide is solid metal, which means unlike poorly made competitors that can bow or flex, Milescraft's US-designed DrillBlock allows you to drill straight holes every time. However, the 75 x 75 mm base body can also be secured to the workpiece with a clamp if needed or required. The Milescraft DrillBlock allows you to drill straight holes all of the time, on many different drilling surfaces. Place a bit of mirror next to the bit, and then adjust the position of the drill such that the bit and its reflection form a continuous, straight line.

The bushing block is held at a tight tolerance and allows you to drill a hole 90° to any surface, centered on a round item or even directly into the corner of your project. Axminster Tool Centre Ltd trading as Axminster Tools is a credit broker and is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. I use a simple homemade guide that can be made from scraps in just a few minutes and that ensures the hole runs true to guide either pilot holes for screws, twist drills and auger bits and more. In cabinet work, we often rely on holes to be as perpendicular as possible for accuracy, alignment, etc, and even when we do have a drill press it is not always possible to take the workpiece to the machine. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.Having drilled to a reasonable depth, you can carry on drilling deeper without the guide, as the hole itself will guide you. We could then drill the hole, a counterbore sometimes used a bush to guide a tap if the hole was to be threaded. Rubber buffers provide reliable grip, with inegrated V-slot for easy positioning on round material or edges. Its solid, single piece design is constructed through powder metallurgy, heat treated to provide incredible strength and durability. The Milescraft DrillBlock drill guide jig allows you to drill straight holes all of the time, on many different drilling surfaces.