Horizontal Boring Machine

[Michael Schuch]

I have a cast iron Davis Wells horizontal boring machine that I rebuilt. It gets some use. A two head (2 drill bit head) would be faster and more useful. Most joints I use dowels for I usually use 2 dowels. Drilling them both at the same time with perfect spacing would save a lot of time. For me dowels are as much about alignment as they are about strength. A horizontal boring machine does a better job aligning dowel holes than any of my doweling jigs.

I don't own a Domino and for what they are going for I don't foresee owning one any time soon. Pocket holes have replaced dowels in face frames for me. Face frames used to be where I used dowels the most.