The usual method of boring a hole through a piece of wood longer than the bit is to bore from each end. To make the hole straight by this method, split the wood or saw it in halves, then make a knife kerf in both pieces on a center line of the hole and glue the pieces together. The spur of the bit will follow the kerf from either end, and the result will be a meeting of the holes, almost perfectly in the center. - Contributed by Ernest J. Dickert, Niagara Falls, N. Y.