Convalco Forstners: alignment?

When using a forstner bit to drill out for cabinet door hardware, I use
a jig with location marks on it that is literally a piece of plywood
with the hole drilled in to be the actual guide.

That way I never miss as I am aligning the hole to be drilled over a
hole that has been made to the correct size. No "oops" on a finished
piece of small corrections.

Robert

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> Greetings,
> Someone here mentioned Connecticut Valley's Forstners a while back. I
> looked them over and am convinced that they are the ones to buy. I got a
> $7 chiwanese set to practice sharpening. The lack of a center brad in the
> Convalco model is appealing.
>
> When using a Forstner drill which lacks a center brad, do you
> locate the work using a center-finder bit? That seems a tedious method for
> multiple holes. Do you mark the layout with lines tangential to the
> circumference, instead of marking the center?
>
> --
> "Keep your ass behind you"
> vladimir a t mad {dot} scientist {dot} com
>

http://www.router-bits-shaper-cutters.com/products/index.cfm?Product_Group_ID=2

The above show how to locate the center without the center tip. I haven't
seen one without a center brad until now with the Convalco.

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:54:36 -0700, Fred wrote:

> http://www.router-bits-shaper-cutters.com/products/index.cfm?Product_Group_ID=2
>
> The above show how to locate the center without the center tip. I haven't
> seen one without a center brad until now with the Convalco.

Thanks. A template marked as shown in the link, then bored, will allow
quick marking of the circumference on the work.