wrote in message ups.com...
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| Doug Payne wrote:
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| Indeed. The LV description of their sawtooth bits seems to indicate that
| they *won't* drill a completely-flat-bottomed hole:
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| "Both styles have slightly sloped chipping bevels so that bits ride a
| shallow cone of wood to keep them boring straight. Center brads can then
| be shorter, increasing bit versatility in thin material."
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| http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...at=1,180,42240
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| You're right, Doug...I didn't see that part. However, that may be
| because I was reading the other page on their forstner bits, where they
| specifically say, "The bit gives a cleanly cut, flat-bottomed hole
| ideal for plugging."
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| http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...at=1,180,42240
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| Then even show a picture of a perfectly flat-bottomed hole as a
| feature.
|
| Regardless, I don't know who the hell would knowingly buy a forstner
| bit that drilled a volcano-bottomed hole into a board, so these will go
| back.
|
| This is the second time I've found an error in the specs/descriptions
| Lee Valley provides in their catalogue. On their low-angle block
| plane, they advertise the blade as being a 25-degree bevel. In
| reality, it's a 23-degree bevel with a 2-degree micro bevel. I found
| that out when I bought their MKII sharpening jig, only to find it
| didn't have a pre-set angle to sharpen their own blade. That certainly
| wasn't a big enough deal to warrant a return, but the volcano bits are
| going back.
|

Is it possible that these pointy 'forstners' are for drilling dowel holes? g
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