No. Drill bits are made to run at high speeds of a router. However,
you could get a drill guide for your hand-held drill which will keep
the drill bit steady and at 90 degrees.

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 16:33:52 -0400, Carlos Moreno
wrote:


I'm working on something that requires a hole at an exact
position and *perfectly perpendicular* to the wood's surface.

This would normally require a press drill. Except I don't
have a press drill. My arsenal of power tools is limited to
a regular drill, a circular saw, and a router (with plunge
base + fixed base).

So, I'm thinking I could use the router in its plunge base
to "simulate" a press drill. The problem is, I have to open
a hole in a piece of wood which is 3 inches deep. I have
no router bits that long.

Is there a way to adapt drill bits (for which the shank is
slightly below 3/8 -- but a lot more than 1/4) to the
router? I think I could easily accomplish the task if I
could do that.

If it's definitely not possible, can you think of some other
trick that could do it in this case? (I don't want to rush
my decision to get a press drill -- when I get it, I want
to have time enough to shop around and take a good decision
without any hurry)

Thanks for any advice!

Carlos