How do you reliably mark out the mid line?

[Julian Chang]

Hi guys,

I'm building a bassinet/ cradle as my first woodworking project. Made many mistakes along the way. One that I'm struggling to figure out is how you reliably work out where to drill a hole for the stand to attach to. Should I be working out the mid point of the board by measuring the total width divide by half? I'm basing my project off this youtuber (Reclaimed Barnwood Bassinet - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8b2G_qUnF8&ab_channel=GotItMade)) but he doesn't particularly explain how he does it. Picture below to better explain it. I'm trying to get that black metal bit centre and level. I'd appreciate any advice

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Thank you in advance =)

[double.d]

Overall width divided by 2 will be the centre. Do this on the bottom of the panel and again on the top before the round over starts then draw a line with a straight edge from top to bottom then you can drill your hole wherever you want.

[Julian Chang]

Overall width divided by 2 will be the centre. Do this on the bottom of the panel and again on the top before the round over starts then draw a line with a straight edge from top to bottom then you can drill your hole wherever you want.

Amazing thank you double.d that's so obvious and yet I struggled haha. Also I probably shouldn't have stained it first then. Oh well it is what it is