{"id":29452,"date":"2017-08-17T08:54:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T15:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=29452"},"modified":"2017-10-06T12:52:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T19:52:54","slug":"maker-update-self-centering-drill-bits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/maker-update-self-centering-drill-bits\/","title":{"rendered":"Maker Update: Self-Centering Drill Bits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_43366\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PupcQM6ixuM?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In Donald Bell&#8217;s latest Maker Update video, he looks at acoustic levitation, an Arduino made by Sony, a new kit by Anouk Wipprecht, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0000TZX1M\/ctmakerupdate-20\">self-centering drill bits<\/a>, and a turning old monitors into a video wall. See show notes <a href=\"http:\/\/makerprojectlab.com\/sony-goes-arduino-maker-update-47\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From the video transcript:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For this week\u2019s Cool Tools review we\u2019re going to take a look at this self-centering drill bit set from Bosch. Great for makers and DIY home repairs. I wish I\u2019d bought these years ago. This set cost me around $23, and if you want the same one, clicking the Amazon link in the show notes helps to support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever tried to attach some pre-drilled piece of hardware to something \u2014 a hinge, a latch, a coat hook \u2014 you\u2019re probably familiar with the challenge of placing the hardware, marking where the holes need to be, and then carefully drilling. But if your pilot holes are just a little off \u2014 even in just one hole, the whole placement of the hardware will shift. It bugs the crap out of me.<\/p>\n<p>A self-centering drill bit makes this process foolproof. The bit has a spring-loaded collar that sits into the hardware you\u2019re attaching and keeps the drill bit dead-center. So long as your hardware doesn\u2019t shift, the holes will be perfectly center.<\/p>\n<p>This set from Bosch comes with three common bit sizes \u2014 a #6, #8 and #10. They\u2019re also a quick change design that can just drop into an impact driver, making it easy to drill and screw with the same tool.<\/p>\n<p>I will say that if you\u2019re only using this occasionally, you could spend less and just get the smallest size. That will give you a centered pilot hole that you can expand with any regular drill bit. That said, for bigger projects, having the right size bit keeps you from having to drill the same hole twice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best DIY projects of the week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29452"}],"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=29452"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29764,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29452\/revisions\/29764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}