Lighted circle straight drilling aid - GIF

Lighted circle straight drilling aid.

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That's cool. Wish there had been more info about the product.

What does it do besides making some circles? What is the purpose?

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Originally Posted by piper184

That's cool. Wish there had been more info about the product.

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Google is your friend...

https://www.bullseyebore.com/

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/b...s-every-time#/

As Marv posted - this is a project on Indiegogo by a company called BullsEyeBore

They anticipate this will sell for $139 in August

I think you could make your own of this. It uses multiple lasers (cheap cat toy laser pointers are 6 for $11) and magnet(s) to hold the device to the drill chuck, and a humk of plastic (3D printable)

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Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn

As Marv posted - this is a project on Indiegogo by a company called BullsEyeBore

They anticipate this will sell for $139 in August

I think you could make your own of this. It uses multiple lasers (cheap cat toy laser pointers are 6 for $11) and magnet(s) to hold the device to the drill chuck, and a humk of plastic (3D printable)

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Also, it has a power switch. A kewler design would use a centripetal switch so it turns on when the drill chuck spins.

A few years ago Tony Foale posted a Laser Center Finder for a drill press here. Nice project. I bought a tiny red laser for about $22 but haven't completed the project yet. Can't remember source but will look for details and edit this post.

Edit: I bought it here but I forget the model number.

The several concentric circles are what assists with vertical accurately, but 3 lasers should be sufficient.

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Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn

As Marv posted - this is a project on Indiegogo by a company called BullsEyeBore

They anticipate this will sell for $139 in August

I think you could make your own of this. It uses multiple lasers (cheap cat toy laser pointers are 6 for $11) and magnet(s) to hold the device to the drill chuck, and a humk of plastic (3D printable)

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Marnetic has them for $44.95
https://marnetic.com/products/precis...47571646939470

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Originally Posted by imohtep56

Marnetic has them for $44.95
https://marnetic.com/products/precis...47571646939470

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That is very interesting. The BullsEyeBore looks like a 100% copy of something sold by a Greek company for $44.95 with free shipping anywhere in the world for orders over $44 - imagine that...

Also, there is this reddit post about the same thing:

https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking...ne_tried_this/

which is from 9 years ago - same company bullseyebore

And a Popular Mechanics article from 2015 (9 years ago) on the same company and product...

Then there is another reddit from 4 months ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking...based_on_this/

Though the reddit goes off on a tangent in the comments, I'm getting a big 'ol wiff of somethings not right...

This idea could be useful for tramming a mini mill.

Ebay (Au) has inexpensive laser pointers, pull them apart & simply wire up 3 of them. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/39414359...mis&media=COPY

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Originally Posted by freddo4

This idea could be useful for tramming a mini mill.

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I don't think you would like the accuracy of tramming with this type of tool.

It could certainly be used for quick coarse alignment. But - I think I could eyeball it close enough for coarse alignment that I would skip this tool for tramming.