Drilling Hole in Walking Cane Handle

Video Transcript

"Ok. Now, that we have this formed. We're going to drill a hole in the top of this handle. I've setup my little fancy dan portable bench vice. And, we'll put this in there and clamp it tight enough to hold it still while we're drilling the hole. I'm using a seven-eighths spade bit for this which has got a little point on it. And, that's going to help me when I put the screw in after this step. And, I also have a dowel that I'm going to plug that hole with after we're done putting the screw in. So, you want to set it up right about in the middle as close as you can. And, drill in. Now, we drilled in a little less than half way. We have to be deep enough so that this screw when it's inserted, this end of the screw will be below the line here. And, still give us enough room to put in a plug to cover it. So, it looks like we probably need to go maybe another eighth of an inch or so. That ought to do it. You don't want to go too deep into this because, it will weaken the handle. So, we got it enough now so this screw won't show. And, we can get a plug in over the top."