Portable drill press?

[RavensWood]

https://forestryforum.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=165664#top_display_media



Hopefully this image posted correctly - if not could somebody guide me to the instructions for posting photos (because I sure couldn't find any). This is the drill guide that I built - it's a wooden sled attached to 2 - 12" full extension drawer slides which gives a drilling depth of 12 inches. The drill (a low speed Milwaukee right angle) was well suited because it had handle holes on each side which I could bolt into, it had a handle sleeve which could be used to adjust the exact angle so that the drill aligned exactly to the slides and the right angle aspect makes it a little easier on the wrists when hitting knots. There is a depth gauge on the side and at the bottom a bronze bushing acts as a guide. If anyone is interested I could supply more details of how it was built.

[Dave Shepard]

If you made that base 18" long, it would have much better stability. Or 24" long, and you could sit on it like a boring machine.

[beenthere]

Hopefully this image posted correctly - if not could somebody guide me to the instructions for posting photos (because I sure couldn't find any).

Gladly.
First go to your profile (click on Ravenswood) and set up your own gallery there, so you have a place to upload your photo which should be in your computer (or phone) in .jpg format.

Then, go to "Home" tab in menu above and down to the forum "Behind the Forum" where the first thread there will coach you on placing the photos in your gallery. Once there, you just click on the line below the post window that says "Click here to add Photos to post" and you will go to your gallery. There you can load new pics or just navigate to one's already uploaded.

Easier than it sounds when written out, but let us know if you run into any questions and we'll give you a boost - gently.

[Ianab]

Hopefully this image posted correctly - if not could somebody guide me to the instructions for posting photos (because I sure couldn't find any).

Only bit you missed was inserting a "link" instead of a picture. If you look on the page you linked to, and go down a bit you will find a section called BBCode that has this in it.

Code Select Expand


[img]https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/27732/drill_guide.jpg[/img]

Copy that piece of code into your post and you get



There is a photo posting tutorial in the "Behind the Forum" section, but you have 95% of it done, just that final step. There are also a couple of ways of getting the code back into your post, but this one works under ANY browser or security settings

Ian

[thechknhwk]

Ravenswood, that is awesome work.

[RavensWood]

Thanks beenthere and Ianab - the posting you pointed out was very helpful (but it's well hidden - I never would have found it).

Dave: I originally had a larger base but I cut it off because I felt it was cumbersome and it made it more difficult to set the drill point to the mark. Basically, I use the device like a portable drill. The drill is set at the marked point (center punched) and then the guide is rocked a bit until it sits flat. The drill is then on the mark at exactly 90 degrees and the whole process only takes a few seconds. I drill through until the point just exits and then finish from the opposite side using the drill in reverse (not necessary to use the guide but it does help). If the position of the exit hole has to be extremely accurate then drilling from both sides is probably the best choice but I didn't find it to be necessary. For pegging I drill the mortise and then drill the tenon without dry fitting the joint - I just use templates to mark the locations of the holes (including the drawbore offset for the tenon). It all worked perfectly.

thechknhwk:Thanks!