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Spent 6 hours on a 10 minute cabinet door fix because I skipped checking the hinge bore depth
The drill press wandered and blew out the face frame on a maple cabinet I built for a client in Denver, so I had to patch, sand, and re-stain the whole stile. Has anyone found a reliable way to lock in bore depth on a benchtop press, or should I just buy the dedicated jig?
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the_shane7d ago
Did you check if the chuck is even running true on that press? I had a similar mess years ago, not with cabinets but building a set of cornhole boards for my brother's wedding. I was boring holes for the legs and the bit walked so bad it came out the side of a walnut plank I'd already spent two hours sanding smooth. Turns out the arbor had a burr on it and the whole chuck was off by a hair, which you'd never notice on soft wood but maple shows every mistake. I fixed the press and the wandering stopped, but I still clamp a scrap block next to the bore and mark my depth with painter's tape on the bit every single time now. Takes ten extra seconds and it has saved me way more than that. If your press has any slop in the quill, no jig is gonna save you until you deal with that first.
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