I've been drilling through some small brass parts recently (Precision Scale) and wondered about how to make sure you are drilling straight. Seems like a simple task maybe with a drill press.

Last night I was drilling 1/16" hole through 4-5/16" brass pipe fittings.(to stick pipe through).

Backstory

I have just started to think about getting ready to consider the possibility of weathering my mountains of rolling stock, maybe! Who says I procrastinate!

Anyway, as part of this I have been getting supplies ready for the big day when I might just weather something. I had purchased a painting handle that will hold a boxcar body. Like this:-

I have heard many times that the younger you are, the more apt you are to quickly be able to understand a new technology. This is because the young learn things experientially. They learn by doing. Hand a child a tablet and they will tap and swipe until they get the thing doing what they want. As older folks are hesitant, not wanting to "break" anything. We look for lists of instructions so we don't go wrong.