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- From: gregt@hfglobe.intel.com (Greg Tollefson)
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- Subject: Re: Forstner bits...
- Message-ID: <C1Jny9.HnH@hfglobe.intel.com>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 03:20:32 GMT
- References: <1993Jan20.155552.4978@isrc.sandia.gov> <21671@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
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- Organization: Intel Corporation
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- In article <21671@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> stuarts@jeeves.ucdavis.edu (Stuart Staniford-Chen) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan19.194623.25188@kodak.kodak.com>
- >kroth@sunshine.Kodak.COM (David Kroth) writes:
- >>
- >>
- >> Anyone ever used a forstner bit in a hand held electric drill?
- >> What were the results like?
- >>
- >> I need to drill a 1 3/8" hole for a clock movement (a mini clock
- >> from Clockit). I am willing to spend $20 for a forstner bit
- >> but not $300 for a drill press. If I buy the bit, will it even
- >> be useable?
- >>
- >> Dave KRoth
- >> kroth@kodak.com
- >
- >I've used a 1" Forstner bit in a regular 3/8" electric drill on a number
- >of occasions. It works ok. You have to press pretty hard to get it to
- >cut, but it leaves a smooth hole. I haven't had noticeable problems with
- >the bit wandering, but my drill has one of those little spirit levels on
- >it and I make some effort to keep the cut going straight with that. I
- >would guess that with a 1 3/8" bit it will work, but you had best be
- >prepared to clamp the work to a low surface and lean on the drill pretty
- >hard. May not be good for the drill's bearings. If you have a hand-brace
- >that will likely work a lot better.
- >
- >------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >Stuart Staniford-Chen : stuarts@jeeves.ucdavis.edu
- >Department of Physics : NeXT-Mail cheerfully accepted.
- >UC Davis, CA 95616, USA. : regular email is fine too.
-
-
- Also don't forget hole saws, like the kind Starret makes. Hole saws
- have centering drills that make them fairly easy to control. ALso they
- are a lot cheaper that forstner bit. This assumes that you want to
- drill a through hole, and not a flat bottomed hole
-
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