<html> I have a few Plexiglas blocks with 6 bridge pins mounted in for different pin groupings and use this as a punch once the center and front lines are established. I first drill straight down enough to start the hole with a 'numbered bit' then come back and drill at an angle. This avoids drifting. Jon Page At 08:45 PM 6/13/99 -0500, you wrote: > >>Here's what I've been doing.  I've been laying out the pattern on the fresh >cap, marking it fist with a pencil mark, and then with a very sharp awl (not >deep, just a mark I can see, perhaps 1/32" deep), and proceeding to drill >with the standard drill bit from Apsco, by hand. >--------- >>Brian Trout > > >I have tried brad point, and hand sharpening bits to steeper angles, but >have settled on my regular old set of number drills. I use an old nail set, >ground down to just under the diameter of a #6 pin, and pointed a little >steeper than the grind on a standard jobbers bit. I punch the bridge top to >the depth of the point, maybe 1/16". The bit centers in the punch mark for >me better this way than anything else I've found (making no claim to >anything like perfection). If there is a better way, I'd sure like to know >about it too. > Ron > <div>Jon Page,  Harwich Port,  Cape Cod,  Mass.  <a href="mailto:jpage@capecod.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jpage@capecod.net</a></div> <div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div> </html>