Bela Lugosi, best known for playing Count Dracula, was born this day
in 1882. As the Count, he specialized in making two perfectly placed holes in his victims necks. If you're not quite so skilled and have trouble drilling precise hinge holes to mount hinges on doors of all sizes because your drill bit wanders a tad (making doors hang kind of oddly), you need to know about "Vix." It's a specialty bit made just for drilling hinge holes. It has an outer cylinder tapered at the end that fits right into the countersunk hinge holes. With the hinge hardware in place, all you do is fire up your drill and press down. The center bit is spring-loaded and lowers down, centered precisely in the hinge hole. It drills to a predetermined depth that you set beforehand. It's an invaluable specialty tool and inexpensive, to boot. Scared of drilling door hinge holes? Now you can make them perfectly every time. And that's the On The House Tip for today.