You can make a drill guide out of 1" thick stock, with the holes made on the
drill press. Use the hinge itself as a pattern to mark the holes. Once
drilled, use doublesided tape to secure to the side walls and drill as
needed. Remove and mount hinges.

"Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott"
et wrote in message
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Crossposted alt.home.repair / rec.woodworking -- mainly because this is
sort of a woodworking question, but the wood is part of my bathroom wall.

I have received a pair of barrel hinges from Rockler. I'm going to try to
use them to hang the new medicine cabinet door on the cabinet I built into
the wall. An earlier post described how the door fits flush against the
face of the cabinet, and barrel hinges seem to be a good solution. So
anyway.

I need to drill a 14mm diameter hole into the edge of the cabinet side to
accept the hinges. The side is 3/4'' MDF. 14mm is 0.551'', which does not
leave a lot of sidewall in 3/4'' material -- about 3/32'' per side. If the
cabinet was NOT in the wall I would put the sides into my drill press so
I'd have a fighting chance of getting the hole straight. But it is in the
plaster wall and trying to do this job by eye and with a hand drill is not
likely to succeed. (This is what happens when I don't plan ahead real
well.)

What kind of hand drill-alignment gadgets are there that can help a fellow
drill square, straight, and level?

If I can run a 14mm diameter, 15.5mm deep hole exactly down the middle of
this 3/4'' -- TWICE! -- I will be a hero in my own home. My wife will
think I am quite the he-man, my kids . . . well, they are teenagers. I
might be able to raise a "whatever," out of them. But I'd be darn pleased.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
KG6RCR
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