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1. 
   papanick | Jul 07, 2005 06:49pm | #1

   use a drill press to drill a hole through a block of wood. Cut the end off at the angle you need to drill. Mark the centrelines on  the sides, so you can reference the hole. dimple the centre of where the hole has to enter, and go for it.

   Ernie Conover had a recent article in FWW about this.

    

   The older I get, the better I was....

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   Steinmetz | Jul 07, 2005 07:32pm | #2

   jyang, if it doesn't have to be exact, Start the hole straight for about 1/4" then (while the bit spins) angle the bit down to the needed slant
   and continue drilling.

   If you ever have to drill larger angled holes with a hole saw do this.

   After drilling the first hole using a 1/4" bit,
   next remove the bit that fits the holesaw, and instead, use a 5 or 6" lenght of 1/4" rod in the hole saw's shell. Steinmetz.

   
   

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   Edited 7/7/2005 12:36 pm ET by steinmetz

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   jyang949 | Jul 07, 2005 11:39pm | #3

   Thank you! Steinmetz's answer was what I was trying to recall, but Papanick's jig will work even better for my purpose, because I need to drill several holes.

   Janet

4. 
   WayneL5 | Jul 08, 2005 04:40am | #4

   Or use a Forstener bit in a drill press.

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   jyang949 | Jul 08, 2005 05:15am | #5

   I just learned that the bit can't go in very far before the chuck gets in the way.

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   Steinmetz | Jul 08, 2005 11:24pm | #7

   Yang, Is posting threads to yourself,like talking to yourself? I would use longer drill bits to avoid interference from the chuck . Steinmetz.

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   jazzdogg | Jul 08, 2005 07:11pm | #6

   Janet,

   You'll have far more success using a brad-point bit than you will using a common twist drill because the brad point will continue to engage the wood tissue as you tip your drill, whereas a twist drill is likely to skate across the surface of the wood as soon as you begin to tip your drill.

   Good luck,

   -Jazzdogg-

   "Don't ask youself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." Gil Bailie