{"id":22372,"date":"2014-09-17T02:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=22372"},"modified":"2014-08-26T17:18:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T00:18:47","slug":"vix-bit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/vix-bit\/","title":{"rendered":"Vix Bit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This might seem like a bit of a specialty tool, but for a homeowner or finish carpenter, it makes installing any kind of fixture a snap. &#8220;Vix&#8221; is a brand name for the S.E. Vick company, more generically it&#8217;s a &#8220;self-centering&#8221; drill bit, and they make a few different sizes, but I&#8217;ve only ever used the smaller one \u2014 need a bigger hole? Use it as a pilot bit. Hinges, cabinet pulls, shelf brackets, anything you need to fasten to a piece of wood, this bit prevents the tip from wandering so countersunk screws will seat perfectly. I first encountered these as a carpenter \u2014 attaching cabinet hardware is usually the last thing on the job, so you really don&#8217;t want to screw up at that stage. The vix bit makes it pretty much idiot-proof. I&#8217;ve had one for at least ten years, and it still worked great when I lost it a few weeks ago. It was sorely missed until I replaced it.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-centering hinge drilling bit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1449,3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22372"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22374,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22372\/revisions\/22374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}