Another way to control the depth of a drilled hole is to wrap the bit
with duct tape at the needed length.

Jim

developtrust wrote:
> INSTALLATION ADVICE?  Look in the vanagon.com articles. Be sure to drill in
> only 1/4 inch or you will cut the wires in the post. If you do this you will
> have to rewire and it will be an almost impossible task, very labor
> intensive and a real headache.
>
> Use a piece of 2 by 4 to stop the drill from going in too far. Good luck.
>