Just lost my 3/4" Forstner. Rolled off the bench, heard it hit, but
it's nowhere to be found--either the Floor Monster or the Sawdust
Monster must have eaten it.
I'm in the middle of a paying project and can't just let things slide
until it turns up, so, need to replace it--choices locally are a Freud
Diablo from Home Despot or an Amana from Coastal Tool.
The question is, the Freud has a serrated edge, while the bits I'm used
to (cheap Chinese but they've done fine for me for 20 years now, with
the occasional stroke from the diamond hone) are the classic Forstner
profile. So do the Diablos work OK as Forstner bits or are they another
of those brilliant ideas that turns them into glorified twist drills?
I'd rather save the drive down to Coastal if I can.
On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:53:44 -0400, "J. Clarke"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>The question is, the Freud has a serrated edge, while the bits I'm used
>to (cheap Chinese but they've done fine for me for 20 years now, with
>the occasional stroke from the diamond hone) are the classic Forstner
>profile. So do the Diablos work OK as Forstner bits or are they another
>of those brilliant ideas that turns them into glorified twist drills?
>I'd rather save the drive down to Coastal if I can.
If you're talking about saw toothed bits, it's my understanding that
they work best in a drill press. If you're using a drill press, then
you should be ok.
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"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Just lost my 3/4" Forstner. Rolled off the bench, heard it hit, but it's
> nowhere to be found--either the Floor Monster or the Sawdust Monster must
> have eaten it.
>
> I'm in the middle of a paying project and can't just let things slide
> until it turns up, so, need to replace it--choices locally are a Freud
> Diablo from Home Despot or an Amana from Coastal Tool.
>
> The question is, the Freud has a serrated edge, while the bits I'm used to
> (cheap Chinese but they've done fine for me for 20 years now, with the
> occasional stroke from the diamond hone) are the classic Forstner profile.
> So do the Diablos work OK as Forstner bits or are they another of those
> brilliant ideas that turns them into glorified twist drills? I'd rather
> save the drive down to Coastal if I can.
I have a serrated edge set I bought from Woodcraft many years ago - probably
Chinese. The set runs to 2" or so and I've never had any problems with the
bits, from the smallest to the largest.