Drill centered holes in round stock

[engineer steve]

An easy way to drill centered holes in round stock, I hope this inspires people or give some ideas.

[DIYer]

Thanks engineer steve! We've added your Centered Hole Drilling Method to our Drilling and Drill Presses category,
as well as to your builder page: engineer steve's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Centered Hole Drilling Method by engineer steve

tags: drilling, centering

[tripleclown]

Maybe it's the video angle but you show the end it was drilled from first (at 4:30)which is centred, then when it's turned around briefly to view exit end (at 4:35) the hole looks again to be off-centre.
I'm not trying to criticise because it's a good idea, but that's how it looks.

[engineer steve]

@tripleclown the hole at 4:35 is off-centre indeed, but is it the hole I drilled in the beginning of the video to show how rubish drilling centered holes is without a jig/chuck. The hole I drilled with the chuck isn't a through-hole, I just didn't bother taking another piece of round stock :-)

[kess]

I thing you need to do something with your movable drill table.
When you push to drill, then your table starts to bend downwards.

[engineer steve]

@kess , you're right. It's a great little drill press (for the money) but the table is a bit disapointing. I am currently making a (very sturdy) milling table which will replace the table. (Video about the milling table can be found on my youtube-channel for when you're interested)

[kess]

@engineer steve
I have a similar drill press that had the same problems as all cheap drill presses when I bought it.
I kept only the drill's head and replace the column and the base.
You can see the conversion here at my HMT post if you interesting.
Drill Press Modification
Your DRO looks fine.
Regards