"AAvK" wrote in message
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These are some excellent bits, high speed steel saw tooth forstners made
in
China by Oldham:
http://www.toolsforless.com/cgi-bin/...pl?SKU=FBS1016 (best price)
http://www.oldham-usa.com/Products/B...FBS1016pic.htm

I drilled 12 mortises in douglas fir, sizes including 1" (bit size) x
4-1/4" and 2-2/5",
7 to 9 dips and no sharpening needed yet. These are hard steel, definitely
flat cutters
and no volcanos.

You might want to up your standards some what. I have a forstner bit set
that I know that I have drilled over 1000 holes in Oak and MDF with a
single 1-3/8" bit and it still cuts fine, with no resharpening. This is a
15+ year old set that I paid $79 from Trendlines, German steel.