Microsoft Word - Woodshop 101 Part 1 of 3

Step 6
With the two pieces marked
we’re ready to drill our holes.
We determined that a good
sizeholeforourpencilstofit
through would be3/8”. This
leaves plenty of room for a
pencil but not for most ink
pens. Think about what you’re
going to use yours for and
make the holes big enough for
that item. But first we need to
take a piece of tape and mark
the depth because we don’t
want to drill all the way
through the bottom piece. We
decided to drill the hole in the
bottom piece about half way
through. Since our pieces are
all ¾” thick, dividing that by 2
we get3/8”. Next we need to
add the thickness of the top
piece, again which is ¾”, so
3/8”+¾=11/8”. Place tape on
the bit at this measurement to
remind yourself to stop and
drill all the holes. Next we
need to drill the holes for the
center dowel. The top and bottom pieces get a hole drilled all the way
through, the base piece only has a hole 3/8” deep. Again, we use a 5/8”
dowel but if you have a different size left over from another project use
it, there’s no reason to be wasteful. Remove the screw holding the top
and bottom pieces together and drill for the center dowel.