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21st October 2018, 08:44 AM #1GOLD MEMBER
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transfering holes
Stupid question but I will ask anyway - what is the best way to transfer a hole from one piece of timber to another.
I have a pilot hole in a pretty thick piece of wood which too narrow to fit a pencil but too big to fit something thin and be precise with marking where the centre is. Is there a good trick to transfer the hole?
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21st October 2018, 08:52 AM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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You could clamp the two pieces together in the correct position, then drill through with the pilot drill and mark the second piece.
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21st October 2018, 09:00 AM #3Taking a break
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Or just place the piece with the existing hole in position, put the drill bit in the hole and give it a light tap with a hammer.
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21st October 2018, 09:00 AM #4
A transfer punch is the tool you want - try McJings.
For future reference Google "transfer punches" - good for thru holes. & "dowel centre transfer punches" - for stopped holes.
then "Stanley Doweling Jig" - used to transfer dowel positions - http://www.hansbrunnertools.com/Stan...dowelinstr.pdf
Not sure if the Stanley dowel kits are still available in Australia, they included a dowel centre transfer punch within a pack of fluted dowels.Mobyturns
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A nail?
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21st October 2018, 08:05 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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ended up using the same drill bit to mark the bottom piece of wood. I thought about a nail but was worried that it wasn't going to be in the centre of the hole
any tips on how to drill straight? I ended up doing a pilot hole with a drill press into a piece of scrap to guide the drill bit. Any better method than that?
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21st October 2018, 08:41 PM #7Taking a break
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Aside from making a guide like you did, the only thing better is to practice until you don't need one. Eventually you build up muscle memory for holding a drill straight (or near enough to it) and if anything is really critical you go to the drill press.
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22nd October 2018, 07:53 AM #8
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22nd October 2018, 09:01 AM #9Senior Member
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I bought a set of transfer punches from the above mentioned importer on a whim one day. It is one of the few impulse buys that I don’t regret. I reach for it quite often, and not always for the designed purpose of transferring holes.
For the uninitiated, the set consists of steel rods with a punch pint on one end. There are sizes from 1 mm to 13 mm in .5 mm increments.
Well worth having in the workshop, although just for hole transfer on wood, the correct size drill bit serves in most cases. For larger holes an auger bit is perfect.
Bruce
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