Drilling perpendicular (straight) holes

[Edward Weber]

For those of you who like gizmo's and gadgets or struggle with drilling a hole perpendicular to your work piece, here you go.
https://www.bullseyebore.com/
Some will love it, some will hate it, personally I have no need.

[Cameron Wood]

Lol!......

[Lloyd McKinlay]

Yikes, $129 for a pair seems a bit steep to me. And that is 40% off retail.

[Edward Weber]

What's that saying?
Just when I thought I'd seen it all...

I think there is now officially a gizmo for everything

[Michael Burnside]

No need but I love seeing innovation. Just be careful, "you'll shoot your eye out" pointing that in the wrong direction.

[Alex Shanku]

In the early 2000s I had a cordless Craftsman drill that had a bubble level in the back of the body of the drill. You could view it from atop the drill or in the axis of drilling. I'm not sure how accurate it was, but certainly seems less intrusive than that laser.

[Ronald Blue]

I'd say they are targeting the gadget lovers.

[glenn bradley]

Very cool but would have to come in at around $20 to get much traction I would think. This is cheap and effective for holes that face mother earth.

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Clamp a piece of drill stock in a vise and align it vertical, attach your drill and affix the level, centered, with a bit of construction adhesive. I have done this since Makita cordless drills had stick batteries :D.

Another trick is to use an old CD as a mirror.

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[Jimmy Harris]

Do they make a left-handed one?

[Edward Weber]

Do they make a left-handed one?

Good one :D

[Doug Garson]

I'd say they are targeting the gadget lovers.
I think you hit the bull's eye.:cool:

[Bruce Wrenn]

Another cool tool that I don't need.

[Jim Becker]

I think something like this could have some applicability in the field when folks must drill holes hand-held, particularly in awkward positions. While it's not going to insure a perfectly perpendicular hole, it should help most folks get darn close if their eyes are good enough to keep the circles reasonably concentric and round. The alternative is using mirrors and or separate lasers.

But for most folks...not really something to spend money on.

[Rich Engelhardt]

I think something like this could have some applicability in the field when folks must drill holes hand-held, particularly in awkward positions. While it's not going to insure a perfectly perpendicular hole, it should help most folks get darn close if their eyes are good enough to keep the circles reasonably concentric and round. The alternative is using mirrors and or separate lasers.

But for most folks...not really something to spend money on.Temu sells a plastic gizmo for about $10 that would probably work just as well but without the light show.
It comes with 5,6,7,8,9 and 10 MM guide bushings.

Nice if you're a metric shop :D :D

[Edward Weber]

A small drill block (hardwood) that was made on a drill press will do the trick.
I used to have one about 2" square, 3/4" thick with 4 holes in it, 1/8", 3/16", 7/32" and 1/4".
Definitely worked in the odd-ball situation, where you can't get a good read on the drill or the subject.

[George Yetka]

I dont think this is extremely necessary. But anytime I see someone on youtube drilling a hole it usually doesnt appear straight.

[Thomas McCurnin]

+1 on Edward's method. I make a thick block of wood out of scrap, use a long drill bit to create a hole, and sometimes add a fence to the underside. It's a one-off jig.

For more permanent solutions, I drill the hole oversize in relation to the drill bit size, and insert a drill bushing for the drill bit size. When I'm done, I knock out the bushing to re-use it later.

[Edward Weber]

One-off jig is what they start out as but they usually hang around for a while.
I've got several for different purposes, (with guide fences) for cabinet knob location, leveling feet location and so on.