39/64” drill bit for rail inserts

slach said:

I've had good luck getting doing the holes with a plunge bit/router clamped to the rail. Flat bottom, exact size and no wobble.

How do you drive in the inserts? I use a drill press, threaded rod, nuts and wrenches to get them in straight, but it's slow and a pain in the rear.

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What size of plunge bit you’re using? I got routers but didn’t think about it since DP was great for it.

To drive the inserts, I actually didn’t put much thought into it since it was 2-3 am last night. Haha. All I did was manually driving them in using a combo of a handheld drill to get pilot/started, then hand ratchet them down town. Now reading your post, I should have used the DP. Oh well, maybe ... next time

SpiderWeb said:

If you can clamp the rails before you drill them the holes will come out better.

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Yep. Agree.