The Milescraft DrillBlock drill guide jig allows you to drill straight holes all of the time, on many different drilling surfaces. Portable and pocket-sized, this guide block will ensure perpendicular drilling alignment, wherever you go. The centre lines also ensure accurate alignment, while the non-slip padding holds the DrillBlock in place while preventing both slipping and marring.

The guide block is beautifully finished with a black electro-coating, for wear and corrosion resistance. Its solid, single piece design is constructed through powder metallurgy, heat treated to provide incredible strength and durability. A single block can be used to create the row of accurately spaced and aligned holes for the Z hooks used to adjust the sheets on main and headsail booms - 5 mm spacing. The non-slip padding holds the DrillBlock in place while preventing both slipping and marring on work pieces.All blocks have alignment slots for SAILSetc standard goosenecks and metal bodied ball raced goosenecks to ensure alignment between the gooseneck and the holes. I use a simple homemade guide that can be made from scraps in just a few minutes and that ensures the hole runs true to guide either pilot holes for screws, twist drills and auger bits and more. Even with experience, it can be difficult to drill holes square to the wood in both directions with a handheld drill no matter the type.

Centre lines for each bit run the full length of the jig, on all working faces, ensuring accurate placement against layout lines on the workpiece. The base body in which they are installed is usually not transparent, and only the stop for the particular application ensures the exact positioning of the drill. Once I needed to drill 4 7″ precise parallel holes on a wall based on a template and was able to do it with pretty good success by taping it to the wall. All bit sizes and centre lines are deeply recessed within the body of the block to ensure that they will never wear away over time.

Credit is provided by Novuna Personal Finance, a trading style of Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. With most drill guides, the drill templates are fixed and often arranged in several sizes fixed next to each other. Portable and pocket-sized, this guide block will ensure perpendicular drilling alignment wherever you go. I did this so that the guide would sit against the internal corner where the upstand meets the base on the router plane.

This substantial drill guide block provides the stability and guidance required to drill perfectly straight, accurate holes on a wide range of surfaces. Having drilled to a reasonable depth, you can carry on drilling deeper without the guide, as the hole itself will guide you. Requiring no separate guide bushes, each drill bit is guided within the hardened drill block, precision machined to the tightest tolerances to ensure 90° alignment to the workpiece. To do this, insert the two centering pins supplied into the diagonally arranged holes in the base plate.Whether drilling dowel holes or standard fixing holes, using this drill guide will ensure each and every hole is straight. You could also start with two separate pieces of wood, as long as they are square and the same height. Anyone with an accurately set up drill press could simply mark the top of a piece of wood and drill it through to make a drill bit guide.