Drilling Square Holes With The Drilling Jig

[The Hobby Machinist NZ]

In this video I build an adapter to add to my lathe drilling jig to drill square holes.

[DIYer]

Thanks The Hobby Machinist NZ! We've added your Square Drilling Setup to our Drilling and Drill Presses category,
as well as to your builder page: The Hobby Machinist NZ's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Square Drilling Setup by The Hobby Machinist NZ

tags: drilling

[sossol]

Just a thought regarding the 1/2" holes... maybe drill them with just the auger, then again with the auger and chisel. The thought here is that it might reduce some of the force needed since you wouldn't be fighting as much material. It might not make any difference, but it might be worth trying.

Neil