Popular Post gee-dub Posted July 24, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 24, 2022 I needed a series of holes in a piece of pipe. I have made other repeating patterns the same way. Basically a piece of scrap cut to some shape that you can clamp to your drill press. I happen to have a t-track on top of my DP fence so I drilled a couple of holes and used t-bolts. A hole is drilled to accept a nail or dowel that is about the same size as the holes you need to drill. Position the pin the distance from the drill bit that equals the spacing you want. About an inch in my case. Drill your first hole free hand, slide your stock over until the nail or pin drops into this hole. Drill you next hole. Rinse and repeat. I have cobbled together more refined versions of this for shelf pin holes or dowel holes. I just thought I'd share a quicky geriatric engineered repeating indexing method. 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted July 24, 2022 Report Share Posted July 24, 2022 That looks very similar to my shelf hole marking jigs that I've used for 35 years or so. They're just strips of plywood with holes drilled at points marked by dividers. A 6 penny finish nail, with a centered point ground by a TIG electrode grinder is a tight fit in the holes drilled. I use them for marking the holes, and drill them on a drill press by eye with only a fence and supports. It's not the most efficient, but I only made one house full of cabinets a year, and it went fast enough to never bother with buying, or building anything "better". I'll see if I can find a picture of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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