Portable Drill Guide & 20mm Forstner Bit

[ForumMFG]

Does anyone have THIS Drill Guide or something similar to it?  I am looking for one to drill 20mm holes in my bench top for bench dog holes.  I am almost complete with my cabinet makers bench and I will be posting pictures of it soon.

I know a tool like this is something that I will only use once or a couple times in my life so I want to purchase a used one or borrow it if someone is willing to do that.  I also need a 20mm forstner bit that you can't find in retail stores but you can find them online.  I'm sure I won't use that 20mm bit but only for this application or just a couple times.

If anyone can recommend another way to drill these holes in my top, let me know.

Thanks.

-Dave

 

[jonny round boy]

If anyone can recommend another way to drill these holes in my top, let me know.

Thanks.

-Dave

Dave,

You could drill them, but you'll never get them precise.

I used a router method when I made mine - it's detailed HERE, pictures and a video.

You need to have an existing MFT top to use as a template, but from memory I think you have that already?

 

[ForumMFG]

Jon,

I do have one but I was looking to do something a little faster but thats a good thought and I might go down that road.  If I do, I will end up make a template on the cnc instead of using the MFT top

 

[jonny round boy]

If you have access to a CNC router, then why are you even thinking about doing it any other way?

Edit: My apologies - I've just re-read your original post. On first reading, I thought you were wanting to make an MFT-style bench. If you're just wanting a few holes, rather than a full matrix, then just drill it by hand.

 

[ForumMFG]

Because I don't want to lug around a top of that size.  Plus I don't have anything to transport it.

 

[JeromeM]

Does anyone have THIS Drill Guide or something similar to it?  I am looking for one to drill 20mm holes in my bench top for bench dog holes.  I am almost complete with my cabinet makers bench and I will be posting pictures of it soon.

I know a tool like this is something that I will only use once or a couple times in my life so I want to purchase a used one or borrow it if someone is willing to do that.  I also need a 20mm forstner bit that you can't find in retail stores but you can find them online.  I'm sure I won't use that 20mm bit but only for this application or just a couple times.

If anyone can recommend another way to drill these holes in my top, let me know.

Thanks.

-Dave

I used the Festool 20mm router bit 491072 with my own 30mm hole template the template used the 30mm Hinge Location Cutter 491075

If you stay with the 20mm holes on a 96mm matrix you will find it gets more and more useful.

To make the transportable MFT hole pattern work top

And to make all the 20mm holes in my shop saw horses

Here is a construction Pic of one of the saw horses on a temporary assembly top

I made an adjustable hight roller ball support and with the same matrix it fits beautifully on and locks into any of the system components.

 

[ForumMFG]

Thanks a lot man!