# Best method for drilling vertical holes in a benchtop?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-method-for-drilling-vertical-holes-in-a-benchtop/681554>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 17, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-method-for-drilling-vertical-holes-in-a-benchtop/681554 "2014-02-17T19:15:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-method-for-drilling-vertical-holes-in-a-benchtop/681554/41 "2014-02-23T21:00:51Z")

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That’s too pretty to be a work bench…

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**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-method-for-drilling-vertical-holes-in-a-benchtop/681554/42 "2014-02-23T23:42:23Z")

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Mount a standard drill guide (as you linked to in the OP) to something long, flat, and heavy. I’m thinking a couple long pieces of steel Unistrut would work.

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