Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Need to drill a straight hole without a drill press? Or is your workpiece simply too big for yours? Jim Heavey shows you a dead-simple shop tip for drilling perfectly perpendicular holes using your handheld drill.

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