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Faster, Better Drilling for Finish Carpenters
Specialty drill bits and accessories speed work and improve accuracy.
Easy Boring in Concrete, Masonry and Stone
Choose the appropriate drill and bit for the job, then respect their limitations.
Drill bit as depth gauge
When I need to set the height of a sawblade or router bit precisely and the dimension is 1 in. or less, I use a drill bit as a gauge.…
Spade-bit rosettes
I'm building an apartment in a commercial building that dates back to 1851. To remain true to the original detailing, the casings around doors and windows needed rosettes at the…
Setting Screws with a Drill
If you're caught hanging drywall without your screw gun, you still can get good results if you've got a variable-speed drill on the job. Chuck a short Phillips bit in…
Shopping for Drill Bits
Choose the right one for easy drilling through wood, metal or synthetics.
Finding screw-gun bits in your pouch
Like a lot of carpenters, I use my variable-speed drill as a screwgun from time to time. I keep the bits handy in my tool pouch, but it can be…
Making Cabinet Doors with Router Bits
The new generation of cope-and-stick bits will make frame-and-panel doors on site.
Pattern Routing Exterior Details
This production-line method of shaping helped put a new deck on a Tudor house.
Drill-bit extension
When I started to remove a houseful of miniblind brackets, I discovered that the bit in my cordless drill wasn't long enough to reach through the access holes to the…

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