[GROOVY]

Its a bugger, especially in white oak, so instead I started with 3/4'' square , drilled hole and then used a cotter pin as an arbor chucked in drill press and clamped a cutter in the cross slide vice. turned to 9/16'' round with the hole centered...​

 

[GeorgeC]

Why do you think it is so hard to drill a hole?

George

 

[GROOVY]

George, because the small 3/16'' bit tends to veer off center through the end grain. How is it that you drill centered holes?

 

[Dominick]

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[Dominick]

I don't get it.
Maybe I missed something?

 

[jschaben]

George, because the small 3/16'' bit tends to veer off center through the end grain. How is it that you drill centered holes?

I guess I've never tried to drill one that small. I regularly fix fiddleback(?) chairs with broken spindles(?) by cutting them out and drilling for dowels but those are usually 3/8-1/2". I just use the drill press.