The drill is an essential tool when doing DIY work. Personally I have to admit that it gives me a little respect. However, following a series of tips and tricks for drillinggood results can be achieved with little experience.
Knowing how to handle any DIY tool well requires practice. However, there are always tricks to get much more out of it. Such as the uses of the heat gun or the following drilling tips.
How to drill on different materials
- To prevent the drill from slipping when you go to make a hole on the tile, stick two pieces of masking tape or masking tape on it in the shape of a cross. Match the center of both strips with the point you want to drill.
- Avoid chipping the other side of the wood when you go to make a hole placing a board at the bottom. Secure it with clamps or clamps so it can’t move.
- Do not drill concrete or very hard surfaces continuously as you will get the drill overheats and the bit becomes blunt. To avoid this, take small breaks every 10 or 20 seconds and cool the drill bit in a container of water.
- to drill the glass a special drill bit is needed but you still have to be very careful. To minimize the risk of breakage, make a circle of plasticine around the hole you want to drill and spread Vaseline or white spirit inside. Next, place the glass on a flat wooden surface and drill at minimum speed.
- Prevent the drill from slipping drill a hole in a metal surface first making a small indentation with a punch or with a screw and a hammer. Place the screw over the hole you want to make and give it a few hits with the hammer.
In order not to drill more than necessary…
- So that a screw does not protrude above the surface that we are going to drill and it is flush, make a hole of a few millimeters with a bit of the same diameter as the screw head.
- If the wall has an air chamberbut you don’t know how long it is you can find out by making a small hole with the drill and passing a cable through it, when it touches the back wall make a mark on the cable and you will have the depth of the chamber.
- To make a hole not much deeper than the plug that you are going to place, measure it and add half a centimeter. Mark the resulting measurement on the drill bit with masking tape.
Other tricks with the drill that you may not know
- To level the drill remove the indicator of a spirit level and fix it with adhesive tape just behind the drill, in this way you will be able to make several holes at level.
- Help yourself with a square made with wooden slats to drill at an anglesupports the drill on it to serve as a guide.
- Use a wooden block or strip to make several holes in the wall with the same depth. When the drill touches the wood it will not be able to drill any more and in this way you make sure that you always get the same measurement.
- If you don’t want to make a mess when you drillfix with tape or adhesive tape an envelope just below where you are going to drill, in this way the dust will fall inside and you will avoid staining the wall and the floor.
Infographic with tricks for drilling
Infographics are very useful for associating concept and image in a concentrated and summarized way. In this way, you will be able to better assimilate the following recommendations and tricks to make perfect holes with the drill.
Finally, keep in mind that whenever we use the drill or any other DIY tool we must apply a series of security measures. For example, use gloves and protective glasses.
did you know these 12 tricks for drilling? I hope they help you make more precise holes and make you lose your fear of drilling forever. Surely from now on there will be no wall, wood, metal or glass that will resist you.
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