Center Finder

[JLH]

Originally Posted by Nebe

When I was building plugs, I made a home made one. 2 small pieces of wood 90 degrees from each other, then a thin sheet of stainless at 45 degrees. Put your blank in it, hit with a hammer. Turn it 180 degrees and hit it again. Perfect center every time.
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This is how I do it but I used a piece of a band saw blade instead of sheet stainless. Same end result.

[BigFish]

I made a jig for my drill press......I find center on the piece of wood, set the jig in the drill press so the bit hits center and then I tap each end with a hole about 1/4 inch deep and my chucks fit right in the holes!!

On some plugs I will for instance pre-drill the tail end as it saves me the trouble later, especially the case on metal lipped swimmers as the forward hole is usually offset drilled.