Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-24 Thread Noel Romey
Jim, My issue is that I don't have a drill press right now. Perhaps I need to get one at some point soon? Noel On 6/23/09, Jim Tosh jim.t...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: Hi Noel, what I would do to deal with this problem is to get myself a small block of wood and drill a hole in it

Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-24 Thread carl
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight Jim, My issue is that I don't have a drill press right now. Perhaps I need to get one at some point soon? Noel On 6/23/09, Jim Tosh jim.t...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: Hi Noel

Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-24 Thread Noel Romey
combonations it's no gud for driveing but once you hav your pilot hoale the screw wil folow - Original Message - From: Noel Romey To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight Jim

Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-24 Thread Tom Fowle
Noel, The block with a straight hole in it works O.K. but I preferr a block with a 90 degree inside corner cut in it very accurately. You can hold it flat on the surface to be drilled with the V or inside corner near your mark. The put the point of the drill on your mark and bring the inside

Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-23 Thread Dan Rossi
Noel, What I do when I am drilling, is I take a block that I know is nice and square, actually, I use a 1 2 3 setup block. I stand that up next to the spot where I want to drill, then just line up the drill bit with the edge of the block. Once you get the drill going, you can slide the block

Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-23 Thread Terry Klarich
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:39:55 -0400you write: Hey guys, Do you all have good methods for making sure that, when you're using a power drill or screw driver, you're holding the drill or screw driver so that the screw or drill bit goes in completely straight and not on an angle? I've had problems

RE: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-23 Thread Tom Hodges
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:39:55 -0400you write: Hey guys, Do you all have good methods for making sure that, when you're using a power drill or screw driver, you're holding the drill or screw driver so

RE: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-23 Thread Tom Hodges
: Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight Noel, What I do when I am drilling, is I take a block that I know is nice and square, actually, I use a 1 2 3 setup block. I stand that up next to the spot where I want to drill, then just line up the drill bit with the edge

RE: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-23 Thread David W Wood
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-23 Thread Noel Romey
and hold my screw or Drill bit into the Vee to hold it straight. From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:44 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling

Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-23 Thread carl
no but i hav used a bentch top drill press - Original Message - From: Noel Romey To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight The only reason I can think there's a greater sign

RE: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-23 Thread Tom Hodges
Thanks, I didn't know what all that was about. From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Noel Romey Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:14 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-23 Thread Max Robinson
an email to, funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com - Original Message - From: Noel Romey nro...@gmail.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight The only reason I can think there's a greater sign

Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-23 Thread Bob Kennedy
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-23 Thread Lenny McHugh
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] screw driving and rilling straight

2009-06-23 Thread Jim Tosh
Hi Noel, what I would do to deal with this problem is to get myself a small block of wood and drill a hole in it using the drill press. I would then place the block on the job where it matters and use it as my guide Cheers. Jim.. - Original Message - From: Noel Romey