Cash wrote:

Why would you want to remove the thread off an auger bit? Just
stick it in a suitably powerful mains drill and it will go straight
through. Plaster might dull it a bit, but who cares?

The problem is that the thread will tend to 'pull' the auger in the
direction that you don't want it to go - taking the thread off resolves

Just pre drill a small hole in the timber to allow clearance around most
of the worm thread - that will reduce (or eliminate if you prefer) the
pull from the thread without trashing a perfectly good auger.

this - sometimes "brute force and ignorance" (which seems on occasion to be
your trade mark [angle grinder man]) just doesn't equate to a reasonable
job!

[1] Just make sure that you get one without the tapered square on
the end - or if that is not possible, just cut the taper off.
Tapered square? WTF is that?

Now this really shows your lack of knowledge - go and have a look at an

More milk tibbles?

auger bit that fits into a brace (if you actually now what that is) and you
will find that it is square and tapered in its length - which is totally
unsuitable for fitting in any drill that only holds round stock.

An angle grinder would soon fix that.... ;-)



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Cheers,

John.

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