This woodworking tip will demonstrate drilling right down the center

Everybody commenting here that thinks this can't work completely missed how simple it is and how it actually works. Go back to 5:03 and play it in slow motion. The small hole is drilled first. The large hole is drilled second. The large drill bit will perfectly follow the small hole based on how bits function as explained in the first part of the video. You don't need a drill press. You don't need a Forstner bit. You don't even need to drill perpendicular to the board used as a jig. You could drill at a 69.34 degree angle and it's still going to work. It doesn't even matter. This is genius. This guy should win a Nobel prize for jig making.

This is a very good idea. even though the video wasn’t very instructional, I still understand the concept.

You da man!

Oh Christ so the secret to dill a hole perfect down the center is to drill a hole perfect down the center. Brilliant!

Thanks dude. Loved the idea and tried it out myself. Found a block, used a one inch Forstner bit to make initial hole in my block, but not all the way through. I then changed my bit to the bit to 3/8” bit, then I drilled it dead centre into my my first hole all the way through the block. My one inch dowel fit perfectly in the hole tight, then I clamped it down into my vice and used my hand drill with my 3/8” bit fit perfectly into the hole and it drilled dead centre into the dowel. I had to knock out the block to remove the dowel, and , “Voila” worked perfectly. Best YouTube video ever made on how to make a hole dead centre in a dowel. Like the man said, “I dare you to try it out”. Please post a better video for all those non believers. Cheers and I hope many more subscribe.

Here is a man who has never worked in pressured workshops on piece rate wages.

So simple and cost effective, plus it will reduce the frustration of trying to cent holes in a dowel. Great video!

I thought this was going to be a clever mathematical way to find a center but lo and behold a nifty little jig: I WILL USE THIS! thank you! subbed.

Great tip!

Great tip. I'm just getting into turning pens from dowels and this will make drilling holes in the dowels very easy. Thanks for the video.

Finally I found what I was looking for. All other videos are showing super short dowels!!

At last, something that works and works well with simple tools! Thanks!!

used this to make mouthpieces for cigars. AMAZING results. 2mm bit. INCREDIBLY straight jigs

Its really quite simple brilliant. Thank you.

Brilliant sir. No expensive tools. Works with any lengths of dowels. I’m about to try it on 8-foot dowels that need to be connected by dowel screws. No way to fit 8-foot dowel on a drill press lol.

Great tip ! Thank you

This was the best solution for my strange problem. Thanks!

Get a block of wood. Drill a pilot hole through. Drill a second hole to fit your dowel half way through following the pilot hole. These holes will be concentric. Use this block as a centering tool to drill the dowel.

Thank you so much. That was excellent!

Very useful,excellent. Thank you.