Take them back. LV will either refund or replace them.

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PDQ

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wrote in message oups.com...
| I thought the whole point of a forstner bit was that it would drill a
| non-through hole with a flat bottom? (Except for the brad point in the
| middle.)
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| I ordered a set of forstner bits from Lee Valley that came in today,
| and their chippers are about 10 - 12 degrees off of straight. My first
| thought was that, hey, maybe (probably!) LV knows a lot more about
| drilling angles than I do, and maybe somehow these will still drill a
| flat-bottomed hole.
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| Not even close...the hole has the obvious brad point "divot," and then
| the bottom slopes downward towards the rim by about 10 - 12 degrees.
|
| Am I missing something here? Does anyone else have any experience with
| these bits?
|
| Not only that, but the 1/2" bit didn't have a smooth rim...there was a
| decent-sized divot on it.
|
| These bits are made in China, which I didn't know in advance or I
| certainly wouldn't have bought them. (Let's be fair...LV doesn't claim
| they're of US or Canadian origin.)
|
| Lee Valley is a great outfit...I've bought enough of their products to
| say that unequivocally. But can anyone enlighten me on why these bits
| are "shaped" like this? Are anyone else's forstners shaped like this?
|
| Thanks in advance.
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