Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Drilling a hole from side to side in a piece of wooden dowel isn't easy, I can tell you right away. Not even with a professional drill press like the one I have. And even using some woodworking tricks that helped me in previous videos, I couldn't get the hole centered on all the small wooden dowels. This wood has hard and soft grains, which causes the drill bit to deviate at the entrance, avoiding the hard grains and trying to drill following the soft ones. So, neither the dowel guide nor a dowel stand I made specifically for this workpiece work. But I discovered that if I mark the center of the dowels at both ends, carefully and precisely center-punch them, and then eyeball a pre-drill that's well-centered on the ends, I can now drill perfect holes in all the work pieces one after the other.
Watch how I made the beautiful wooden hinge step by step:
youtu.be/-cXIZN6l20U
The video where I drilled blind holes on the wooden dowels:
youtu.be/8psfvdEh0Q8
The piece of furniture I used the wooden dowels for:
youtu.be/6A9gjpx58RQ
How I made perfect centered blind holes on slightly larger pieces of dowel rod:
youtu.be/deLsBllq9T0
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Drilling a hole from side to side in a piece of wooden dowel isn't easy, I can tell you right away. Not even with a professional drill press like the one I have. And even using some woodworking tricks that helped me in previous videos, I couldn't get the hole centered on all the small wooden dowels. This wood has hard and soft grains, which causes the drill bit to deviate at the entrance, avoiding the hard grains and trying to drill following the soft ones. So, neither the dowel guide nor a dowel stand I made specifically for this workpiece work. But I discovered that if I mark the center of the dowels at both ends, carefully and precisely center-punch them, and then eyeball a pre-drill that's well-centered on the ends, I can now drill perfect holes in all the work pieces one after the other.
Watch how I made the beautiful wooden hinge step by step:
youtu.be/-cXIZN6l20U
The video where I drilled blind holes on the wooden dowels:
youtu.be/8psfvdEh0Q8
The piece of furniture I used the wooden dowels for:
youtu.be/6A9gjpx58RQ
How I made perfect centered blind holes on slightly larger pieces of dowel rod:
youtu.be/deLsBllq9T0
Thanks for watching. And if you like my videos, subscribe and hit the bell.
