How to use a a centre punch to ensure accurate holes when drilling metal.

How to Drill Accurate Holes in Metal

Using the ever so simple centre punch… If you’ve tried drilling holes in metal before you’ll remember the drill bit ‘walking’ all over the metals surface instead of starting the hole exactly where you wanted it. This is because metal is hard (I know this is free advice but Duh! Of course metal is hard, when are you going to tell me something I don’t know?) OK, so you know that metal’s hard, but did you know that if you make the tiniest of dimples in the metals surface, the …

The 15 Min. Drill Bit Storage Rack

For convenient drill bit storage and easy to see stock levels. I use a lot of drill bits and got fed up with rooting about in boxes to find ones I needed, so I decided to mount them on the wall in this simple storage unit. Grab a piece of timber, 2″ x 4″ (48mm x 98mm) in this case and mark a centre line along the narrow side. Space out your holes according to the drill bit you’re using, I used a 32mm bit and spaced out the holes …