Drilling Centered Holes for Mounting Plates

[rgsparber]

I offer an ancient method of drilling holes through mounting plates that is fast and accurate.

If you are interested, please click here

Your comments are welcome. All of us are smarter than any one of us.


Thanks,

Rick

[mklotz]

Very clever ! The technique can be summarized as "using a drill as a substitute for a transfer punch". Transfer punches won't mar the sides of the template holes but drills are always immediately to hand.

OTOH, if the holes are large, a large enough drill may not be to hand. Then one of these...

https://www.amazon.com/Fowler-14-Uni...A1KOS7YF5L52YM

is nice to have around.

[rgsparber]

Very clever ! The technique can be summarized as "using a drill as a substitute for a transfer punch". Transfer punches won't mar the sides of the template holes but drills are always immediately to hand.

OTOH, if the holes are large, a large enough drill may not be to hand. Then one of these...

https://www.amazon.com/Fowler-14-Uni...A1KOS7YF5L52YM

is nice to have around.

That is a nice tool... to make.

The one problem with transfer punches is that you only get a punch. If you use a drill, you get the center drill feature for free.

Rick