"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Oct 22, 10:15 am, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Warbler" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >I need a Forstner's bit that is 2 3/16th. The typical on-line vendors
> > offer a 2 1/8th and 2 1/4 size. Anyone know if this size is made?
> > This is for a production job - need to make 100's of these - so this
> > is getting bit frustrating.
>
> http://yourhome.shoptoit.ca/shop/product--catId_1001625__locale_en__p...
Hey Leon, do you find it frustrating to link to the exact product,
available at a reasonable price, and still have people offering advice
requiring a machine shop? ;)
It does kinda make me wonder what's on their mind. ;~)
On Oct 23, 12:19=A0pm, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Oct 22, 10:15 am, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > "Warbler" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >news:234146e5-1667-4d47-959e-a9690f2c1898@p20g2000vbl.googlegroups.com..=
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> > >I need a Forstner's bit that is 2 3/16th. The typical on-line vendors
> > > offer a 2 1/8th and 2 1/4 size. Anyone know if this size is made?
> > > This is for a production job - need to make 100's of these - so this
> > > is getting bit frustrating.
>
> >http://yourhome.shoptoit.ca/shop/product--catId_1001625__locale_en__p...
>
> Hey Leon, do you find it frustrating to link to the exact product,
> available at a reasonable price, and still have people offering advice
> requiring a machine shop? =A0;)
>
> It does kinda make me wonder what's on their mind. =A0;~)
Just proves my wife's point....people don't read.
but I was rather surprised that the OP didn't get DAGS as an
answer :)
cheers
Bob
"Warbler" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I need a Forstner's bit that is 2 3/16th. The typical on-line vendors
> offer a 2 1/8th and 2 1/4 size. Anyone know if this size is made?
> This is for a production job - need to make 100's of these - so this
> is getting bit frustrating.
http://yourhome.shoptoit.ca/shop/product--catId_1001625__locale_en__productId_2345192.html
On Oct 22, 10:15=A0am, "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Warbler" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> news:234146e5-1667-4d47-959e-a9690f2c1898@p20g2000vbl.googlegroups.com...
>
> >I need a Forstner's bit that is 2 3/16th. =A0The typical on-line vendors
> > offer a 2 1/8th and =A02 1/4 size. =A0Anyone know if this size is made?
> > This is for a production job - need to make 100's of these - so this
> > is getting bit frustrating.
>
> http://yourhome.shoptoit.ca/shop/product--catId_1001625__locale_en__p...
Hey Leon, do you find it frustrating to link to the exact product,
available at a reasonable price, and still have people offering advice
requiring a machine shop? ;)
R
On Oct 22, 1:15=A0pm, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Warbler wrote:
> > I need a Forstner's bit that is 2 3/16th. =A0The typical on-line vendor=
s
> > offer a 2 1/8th and =A02 1/4 size. =A0Anyone know if this size is made?
> > This is for a production job - need to make 100's of these - so this
> > is getting bit frustrating.
>
> 2 1/4" bit plus metal lathe?
Or a grinder and a jig or a belt sander and a jig. Taking off one
sixteenth ought to be doable.
Warbler wrote:
> I need a Forstner's bit that is 2 3/16th. The typical on-line vendors
> offer a 2 1/8th and 2 1/4 size. Anyone know if this size is made?
> This is for a production job - need to make 100's of these - so this
> is getting bit frustrating.
I won't say _somebody_ won't make one, but I've never seen >~1.5" in
anything other than eighths. May have to have that made special if has
to be Forstner and has to be precise.
--
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On Oct 22, 1:15 pm, "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Warbler wrote:
> > I need a Forstner's bit that is 2 3/16th. The typical on-line vendors
> > offer a 2 1/8th and 2 1/4 size. Anyone know if this size is made?
> > This is for a production job - need to make 100's of these - so this
> > is getting bit frustrating.
>
> 2 1/4" bit plus metal lathe?
Or a grinder and a jig or a belt sander and a jig. Taking off one
sixteenth ought to be doable.
===
we didn't hear what the OP is going to be drilling or why that particular
size is necessary. perhaps the process could be changed instead.
On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:15:13 -0500, "Leon" <[email protected]>
wrote:
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>"Warbler" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>I need a Forstner's bit that is 2 3/16th. The typical on-line vendors
>> offer a 2 1/8th and 2 1/4 size. Anyone know if this size is made?
>> This is for a production job - need to make 100's of these - so this
>> is getting bit frustrating.
>
>http://yourhome.shoptoit.ca/shop/product--catId_1001625__locale_en__productId_2345192.html
>
Or
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=63566&cat=1,180,42240
These are high speed steel and should in theory stay sharp longer.
Twice the price, but if you are doing hundreds, it may be worth it.
>> Jim
"Gerald Ross" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> dpb wrote:
>> Warbler wrote:
>>> I need a Forstner's bit that is 2 3/16th. The typical on-line vendors
>>> offer a 2 1/8th and 2 1/4 size. Anyone know if this size is made?
>>> This is for a production job - need to make 100's of these - so this
>>> is getting bit frustrating.
>>
>> I won't say _somebody_ won't make one, but I've never seen>~1.5" in
>> anything other than eighths. May have to have that made special if has
>> to be Forstner and has to be precise.
>>
>> --
> Maybe there is a metric size that approximates this dimension. Didn't take
> the trouble to check this out.
Only if a 55.55 mm would be easier to find. ;~)
dpb wrote:
> Warbler wrote:
>> I need a Forstner's bit that is 2 3/16th. The typical on-line vendors
>> offer a 2 1/8th and 2 1/4 size. Anyone know if this size is made?
>> This is for a production job - need to make 100's of these - so this
>> is getting bit frustrating.
>
> I won't say _somebody_ won't make one, but I've never seen>~1.5" in
> anything other than eighths. May have to have that made special if has
> to be Forstner and has to be precise.
>
> --
Maybe there is a metric size that approximates this dimension. Didn't
take the trouble to check this out.
--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA
No man is an island, but then no man
is a potato salad, either.