1.  This can be done by using a bevel square, and holding it so one limb will show the boring angle.

2.  A tool for holding boring tools, and designed to have the head held against the breast for forcing in the boring tool.

3.  Some boring tools, like awls, force the material apart, and some, like augers, remove material.

4.  They are useful in boring holes for short blunt screws as well as deep holes.

5.  They are useful for soft wood, and in boring large holes in thin material which is likely to split.

6.  The brace or bit-stock , Fig. 185, holds all sorts of boring tools as well as screwdrivers, dowel-pointers, etc.

7.  Various hand-, breast-, bench-, bow-drills and automatic drills are of use in doing quick work and for boring small holes, Fig. 187.

8.  Many prefer to dig mortises without first boring holes.

9.  A doweled joint is made by jointing the two edges carefully, boring holes opposite each other and inserting dowel pins when the two edges are glued together.

10.  Boring tools, 83 -87.