Push Drill & Yankee Screwdriver
#21
My version of a VIX bit...
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Set the hinges as needed, set this contraption in a screw hole...
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Couple of "taps" with the hammer, move over to the next location, repeat..
   
And you have 2 perfectly centered pilot holes for the screws...all set for the screwdriver...
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No drill to set up, no drill bit to get jammed up or snap off...IF you see one at the local sales...grab it.  
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#22
Agreed on the centering punch, although I've found the quality of these varies.  The first one I found tended to wobble as it drove, so the hole would wind up off-center.  Last year (I think it was), I found a more robust one that centers the punched hole perfectly.
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(06-06-2019, 10:20 AM)Bill_Houghton Wrote: Agreed on the centering punch, although I've found the quality of these varies.  The first one I found tended to wobble as it drove, so the hole would wind up off-center.  Last year (I think it was), I found a more robust one that centers the punched hole perfectly.

Maybe Veritas will come out with a set of these.....iron?  Bronze?   Brass and steel?    
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(06-06-2019, 02:06 PM)bandit571 Wrote: Maybe Veritas will come out with a set of these.....iron?  Bronze?   Brass and steel?    
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With wavy washers to do something useful...
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#25
Starrett still makes automatic centering punches that are very nice. I use the #819 hinge-locating punch, adjustable stroke, 5" length, 5/8" diameter.
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#26
(06-06-2019, 06:22 PM)Greg Jones Wrote: Starrett still makes automatic centering punches that are very nice. I use the #819 hinge-locating punch, adjustable stroke, 5" length, 5/8" diameter.

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Here's a video of a Bell Centering Punch for locating centers on round stock.. I have the vintage Cushman..the second one Mr.Pete shows in the video..I don't think they are manufactured by anyone any longer...This could be easily made on a wood lathe out of an exotic hardwood in about any size needed..The punch itself could just be a piece of mild cold rolled steel...pretty easy, afternoon fun project..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpihWP1yUvA
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#27
Those Yankee Screwdrivers can be addicting
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Picked these this morning....pair of No. 30s, and that little screwdriver....I did show some restraint, though
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Red handle is a later model Stanley ( no tip, either) and the plastic handled one in "Made in Japan"  Left both of those.....IF you look closely..
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You'll see a bit holder in the one Yankee...I can switch out to whatever tip I need.  
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#28
The flat-bladed turnscrews are pretty nifty, too, Bandit.
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#29
They cleaned up nicely, too
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Each has a different logo, though..
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#30
New paint on the handles...
   
Found out one of the little ones will not lock in either direction..
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Bronze inserts have worn out....The Craftsman one has a different handle, left it alone, for now..
   
Seems Millers Falls made this for Sears...
   
As this is either a #610, or a #610A....

May set up a "clothes line" of sorts....all the bare wood handles will get a dip in varnish, then hung up to dry...even those flat bladed "English" pattern screwdrivers..
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