I'm a newbie. Wondering why the forstner drill bit sets
seem to increment by 1/8", with no 5/16 7/16 etc.

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 18:06:14 -0700, "gray asphalt" wrote:

I'm a newbie. Wondering why the forstner drill bit sets
seem to increment by 1/8", with no 5/16 7/16 etc.

Cost? I noticed the same thing (needed a 7/16ths, so had to order it).
Sucks not having a woodworking store within 100mi.

zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 18:06:14 -0700, "gray asphalt"
wrote:

I'm a newbie. Wondering why the forstner drill bit sets
seem to increment by 1/8", with no 5/16 7/16 etc.

Cost? I noticed the same thing (needed a 7/16ths, so had to order
it).
Sucks not having a woodworking store within 100mi.

I want to feel guilty having a Woodcraft four miles from my front door, but
being able to pick up a ten dollar router bit makes up for it.

Jon

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 21:04:46 -0700, "Jon Danniken"
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 18:06:14 -0700, "gray asphalt"
wrote:

I'm a newbie. Wondering why the forstner drill bit sets
seem to increment by 1/8", with no 5/16 7/16 etc.

Cost? I noticed the same thing (needed a 7/16ths, so had to order
it).
Sucks not having a woodworking store within 100mi.

I want to feel guilty having a Woodcraft four miles from my front door, but
being able to pick up a ten dollar router bit makes up for it.

grumble

It's a *small* consolation that Woodcraft doesn't charge AL sales tax on mail
order. For pretty much the entire last year they've had free shipping, so
other than the wait it's not all bad. We go up to Birmingham or Atlanta every
couple of months so I can get my fix. Atlanta is an automatic triple play
(the car has memorized the Peachtree-to-Woodcraft-to-Rockler route .

replying to krw, Roycoola wrote:
You ever heard of Amazon, ebay, woodcraft, rocker, woodworkers supply,
grizzly, infinity, peachtree.........

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On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 19:14:01 +0000, Roycoola
m wrote:

replying to krw, Roycoola wrote:
You ever heard of Amazon, ebay, woodcraft, rocker, woodworkers supply,
grizzly, infinity, peachtree.........

Thread from 2010.

On Sun, 04 Aug 2019 15:21:18 -0400, J. Clarke
wrote:

On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 19:14:01 +0000, Roycoola
om wrote:

replying to krw, Roycoola wrote:
You ever heard of Amazon, ebay, woodcraft, rocker, woodworkers supply,
grizzly, infinity, peachtree.........

Thread from 2010.

Yeah, and since 2010 I now have six very well stocked woodworking
stores within and hour's drive[*] - two Rockler, two Woodcraft,
Peachtree, and Highland. Of course, it's even easier to just have the
sizes needed.
[*] I moved. ;-)

On 8/4/2019 8:36 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 04 Aug 2019 15:21:18 -0400, J. Clarke
wrote:

On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 19:14:01 +0000, Roycoola
m wrote:

replying to krw, Roycoola wrote:
You ever heard of Amazon, ebay, woodcraft, rocker, woodworkers supply,
grizzly, infinity, peachtree.........

Thread from 2010.

Yeah, and since 2010 I now have six very well stocked woodworking
stores within and hour's drive[*] - two Rockler, two Woodcraft,
Peachtree, and Highland. Of course, it's even easier to just have the
sizes needed.

[*] I moved. ;-)


That's really a sweet spot for woodworking I moved too and I have a
Woodcraft an hour away. Rockler about 100 miles.

"gray asphalt" wrote in message
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I'm a newbie. Wondering why the forstner drill bit sets
seem to increment by 1/8", with no 5/16 7/16 etc.



They are not used as much. Given a choice, I'd buy the kit without them.
I've never used those sizes so I'm not willing to pay for them just to have
around. I bought a cheap set to start with and have bough better quality
replacements for the sizes that I do use and wore out.

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 22:48:44 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:


"gray asphalt" wrote in message
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I'm a newbie. Wondering why the forstner drill bit sets
seem to increment by 1/8", with no 5/16 7/16 etc.



They are not used as much. Given a choice, I'd buy the kit without them.
I've never used those sizes so I'm not willing to pay for them just to have
around. I bought a cheap set to start with and have bough better quality
replacements for the sizes that I do use and wore out.

I'd tend to agree but the first one I needed was 7/16ths. Go figure.

On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:09:38 -0500, "
wrote:

I'd tend to agree but the first one I needed was 7/16ths. Go figure.

Lots of ?/16 sizes here.

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/pag...at=1,180,42240

On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:16:31 -0400, Upscale wrote:

On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:09:38 -0500, "
wrote:

I'd tend to agree but the first one I needed was 7/16ths. Go figure.

Lots of ?/16 sizes here.

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/pag...at=1,180,42240

Not in Blowes and HomeDespot. That's the point. I did get one from WoodCraft
(can't just order a drill bit...).

On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:53:31 -0500, "
wrote:

Not in Blowes and HomeDespot. That's the point. I did get one from WoodCraft
(can't just order a drill bit...).

Well, that's the idea isn't it? You have to buy in quantity if you
want to get anything approaching a decent cost per bit ratio. In any
event, if you're even just a marginal woodworker, a set of forstner
bits approaches the must-have threshold as far as I'm concerned.

gray asphalt wrote:
I'm a newbie. Wondering why the forstner drill bit sets
seem to increment by 1/8", with no 5/16 7/16 etc.

If you want a set with both the 1/8th and 1/16th increment bits,
Rockler has this set:

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?p...orstner%20bits


If you all ready have a set of bits with the 1/8th increments and just
need the 1/16th increments, there is this set from Rockler:

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?p...orstner%20bits


I all ready had a set of Forstner bits and got the additional 1/16th
increment bits to fill things out. I think I got mine on sale, but
the regular price of $28 isn't too bad.

On Jun 8, 9:06*pm, "gray asphalt" wrote:
I'm a newbie. Wondering why the forstner drill bit sets
seem to increment by 1/8", with no 5/16 *7/16 *etc.

Same reason K-Mart's Dinnerware sets don't come with shrimp cocktail/
escargot forks?

I was wondering if maybe forstner bits were used for some
purpose I didn't know about that never required 16ths. I bought
a Milwaukee set, very cheap. So far two of the bits work great,
really, but the third is dull and since it's 3/8 I wonder if i will
be able to sharpen it. I'm thinking about ordering another set
and combining the good from each and sending back the duds.

On Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 7:54:41 AM UTC-7, gray asphalt wrote:
I was wondering if maybe forstner bits were used for some
purpose I didn't know about that never required 16ths.

It's handy (for hole steering) to have a variety of Forstners, and for some kinds of dowelling,
they're better than brad point. But, a well-chosen three-size set would be enough
for me. Brad points (or auger bits with an old brace and bit) remove wood faster,
and ride in dowel jigs straighter.

On Monday, August 5, 2019 at 2:13:38 AM UTC-4, whit3rd wrote:
On Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 7:54:41 AM UTC-7, gray asphalt wrote:
I was wondering if maybe forstner bits were used for some
purpose I didn't know about that never required 16ths.

It's handy (for hole steering) to have a variety of Forstners, and for some kinds of dowelling,
they're better than brad point. But, a well-chosen three-size set would be enough
for me. Brad points (or auger bits with an old brace and bit) remove wood faster,
and ride in dowel jigs straighter.

3/4" Forstner bits create the perfect hole in pumpkins for the insertion of electric Christmas
window candles through the back and for a hole to let the heat out of the top.

Less tearout than a spade bit causes in the soft material.

On 8/5/2019 1:13 AM, whit3rd wrote:
On Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 7:54:41 AM UTC-7, gray asphalt wrote:
I was wondering if maybe forstner bits were used for some
purpose I didn't know about that never required 16ths.

It's handy (for hole steering) to have a variety of Forstners, and for some kinds of dowelling,
they're better than brad point. But, a well-chosen three-size set would be enough
for me. Brad points (or auger bits with an old brace and bit) remove wood faster,
and ride in dowel jigs straighter.


Although this question was originally asked 9 years ago, Forstner bits
can bore flat bottom holes "at an angle", something other bits have
difficulty in doing.

On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 10:47:18 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:

On 8/5/2019 1:13 AM, whit3rd wrote:
On Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 7:54:41 AM UTC-7, gray asphalt wrote:
I was wondering if maybe forstner bits were used for some
purpose I didn't know about that never required 16ths.

It's handy (for hole steering) to have a variety of Forstners, and for some kinds of dowelling,
they're better than brad point. But, a well-chosen three-size set would be enough
for me. Brad points (or auger bits with an old brace and bit) remove wood faster,
and ride in dowel jigs straighter.


Although this question was originally asked 9 years ago, Forstner bits
can bore flat bottom holes "at an angle", something other bits have
difficulty in doing.

They make exceptionally clean holes with little or no tear out, too.
Flat-bottom holes are their Forté, though. Think Euro-style door
hardware.

On 8/5/2019 10:47 AM, Leon wrote:
....

Although this question was originally asked 9 years ago, Forstner bits
can bore flat bottom holes "at an angle", something other bits have
difficulty in doing.

They're also able to drill a partial hole off the side of a piece of
material nearly impossible with others.

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