# Half inch drill bit for quarter inch drill?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-inch-drill-bit-for-quarter-inch-drill/952451>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 13, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-inch-drill-bit-for-quarter-inch-drill/952451 "2021-10-13T22:32:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-inch-drill-bit-for-quarter-inch-drill/952451/61 "2021-10-26T08:29:39Z")

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Sorry, this site doesn’t host photos, and I’m not going to create an account somewhere just to post a photo of a hole in my desk. I actually took one for y’all, and then remembered that i don’t post photos here.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-inch-drill-bit-for-quarter-inch-drill/952451/62 "2021-10-26T08:32:45Z")

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Just visit [imgur](https://imgur.com/upload) and paste your image there. No account required. Then paste the resulting URL back here. Takes maybe 5 extra seconds.

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-inch-drill-bit-for-quarter-inch-drill/952451/63 "2021-10-26T08:41:26Z")

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Sorry, I’m going to be cranky and stubborn on this one. I’m not going to learn to use imgur, etc.

I post for a phone, and moving back and forth between sites is a bit of a nuisance. I do it to post news links. But I’m not going to do it with an unfamiliar-to-me site to post an extremely unremarkable photo.

Imagine a piece of wood with a little hole and a big hole in it. That’s the wrong pilot hole and the final hole. You can’t really see that the desk is veneered particle board from my photo.

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**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-inch-drill-bit-for-quarter-inch-drill/952451/64 "2021-10-28T02:51:17Z")

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> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> Sorry, I’m going to be cranky and stubborn on this one.

No problems, and glad to hear that the project was a success.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-inch-drill-bit-for-quarter-inch-drill/952451/65 "2021-10-28T06:27:29Z")

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Before I spent any money, I’d drill four 1/4" holes as close together as possible. The raggedness is all covered, right? I’m a cheap bastard.

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