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08-10-2017 12:53 PM |
Topic tags/keywords: drill press So I have a bunch of 7/8” flat bottom holes I’m going to need to drill and I’m not entirely thrilled with my forstner bit selection. Part of my problem is I have a bench top drill press and I can’t quite slow the spindle speed down to where it really needs to be but I don’t have $600 laying around to get a decent drill press at the moment. What are some of your favorite forstner bits? -- Trust me I'm an engineer. |
8 replies so far
#1 posted 08-10-2017 01:00 PM |
Colt Maxicut are hands down the best bits, however they’re very pricy. Buy you can purchase just the 7/8” bit if clean holes are important. Link -- Bill, Yo!......in Brooklyn & Steel City :) |
#2 posted 08-10-2017 01:14 PM |
Those were the ones I was looking at. -- Trust me I'm an engineer. |
#3 posted 08-10-2017 04:12 PM |
I purchased one – 2 1/4”. It cuts like a charm and doesn’t generate any heat. So no burning in difficult woods. They are expensive and a set is really expensive. I’ll pick them up individually as I need them to replace my very old and used Porter Cable bits. -- Bill, Yo!......in Brooklyn & Steel City :) |
#4 posted 08-10-2017 04:14 PM |
Colt |
#5 posted 08-10-2017 04:27 PM |
I have one colt and I am going to convert them all one of these days. -- Shooting down the walls of heartache. Bang bang. I am. The warrior. |
#6 posted 08-10-2017 05:39 PM |
How deep? -- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov |
#7 posted 08-10-2017 05:43 PM |
I have a super-cheap porter cable set too, but recently I needed to drill several 1-1/8” holes. I bought Amazon’s cheapest (CMT brand), which couldn’t even cut. I returned it and bought the Freud PB (Precision Shear) bit – it worked like a dream. Plowed 1.5” deep in red oak in my cheap DP, in a single plunge – didn’t even have to back out for chips. -- I'd rather be a hammer than a nail |
#8 posted 08-10-2017 09:25 PM |
Sorry but I burnt way to many forstner bits with little 8” DP over the last 21-22 yrs until i FINALLY purchased a 20” DP from Grizzly. 21yr was ENOUGH. Wish I had done this 10 or20yr ago… Seriously! Just my two cents… -- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..." |
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