Alexander m,

   your almost there, you are right of course, ok, you don't want to drill a hole in the table, you place the wood on the table first like you mentioned, then the brass on top, but you must drill a pilot hole say 1/4 dia, cant tell you what speed, but not to fast not to slow, you will know when you start drilling slow hand feed, make sure the lips of the cutting edges of the drill are broken, (cutting edges have flats ground on), look forward to the results, good luck,

………Edmund……..

Alexander m,

    I'm sorry, just looked at your post again, missed the last sentence and last photo, you are correct in every way, my apologies to you, my posting of details are a lot to be desired, I guess my problem is that I'm assuming, and that's my downfall,

………..Edmund……

Chazz,

yes, I'm surprised you didn't mention cnc, or rotary table, or lathe face plate, or did you mention cnc?,  

………Edmund………