I use a drill press with a sharp drill bit.
You can buy portable drill press adapters for your 3/8 hand drill from Sears.
Dennis
At 11:01 PM 5/18/98 -0400, James D. Bruce wrote:
>What is the best way to mark and drill holes in a straight line along an
>alumimun tube? Also drilling thru to the other side of the tube straight? An
>example would be 2 holes along the axis of an element for a U-bolt. It seems
>that I never get it correst and end up enlarging the holes to get hardware
>to fit. Thanks,
>
>Jim Bruce/ NV3V
>
>brucecom@shore.intercom.net
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