Hold the drill properly! If you want to drill a much straighter hole and to avoid breaking your drill bits, you need to hold the drill in such a way that the force you are exerting is going to help you push the bit directly straight into the wall. You should be placing the palm of your hand so that it is line with the drill chuck and you should be extending your index finger so that it is along the length of the body of the drill. You should pull the trigger using your second finger rather than your first.

Keep the drill level! You will find that newer power drills often come equipped with between one and two levels built in, in order to help you drill holes that are straight and perpendicular. To upgrade a drill that is older, simply cut the hooks off of a mason's line level and then attach it right to the top of your older drill using common every day duct tape.

Hole Starters: In order for you to keep the bit from skating all over the place when you are starting a hole in most types of materials including wood, you can draw your cross marks where you are planning on drilling. Now use a center punch to create a dimple right where the cross marks intersect. Now you can use a star drill if you are dealing with masonry building or any other drill to suit your needs. If you are working with ceramic tile on the other hand then what you are going to want to do is to use a carbide masonry drill bit to scratch an x where you want the drill to create a hole.

How deep to go? When you are drilling to a specific precise depth, you should be marking the depth on the actual Drill Bits">drill bit using a small piece of masking tape. You can cut the piece long and then stick the overlapping ends to one another in order to create a little flag. When you have reached the right depth with your drill, the flag will automatically brush the debris away for you, serving two purposes at once.

Choosing the right sized bit. If you need to drill a clearance hole to suit a bolt or a screw, but you do not have a drill gauge at hand, what do you do? You can use the fastener itself along with the chuck of the drill in order to gauge the right diameter for the bit that you need. Chuck the fastener just lightly into the drill that you will be using, and then remove the fastener without making any adjustments to the chuck's setting. You can dry shanks of different bits until you find the bit that fits in snugly and securely.

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Originally posted 2009-09-01 03:49:24. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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