View Full Version : Need 1/2" shaft 3/4" diameter router bit
Steven Herbin
10-27-2009, 8:37 AM
Hi all-
I am cutting the dog holes on my newly built bench and I would like to use my router to (at least) start cutting the holes.
I have only been able to find 3/4" shaft bits. Not 1/2" shaft bits. I know they're available but don't know where.
Thanks in advance for any help.
-- Steve.
Fred Belknap
10-27-2009, 8:41 AM
You may be reading it wrong, I don't think I ever seen a ¾" shaft on a router bit.
Myk Rian
10-27-2009, 8:46 AM
Use a Forstner bit.
glenn bradley
10-27-2009, 9:00 AM
I used the Onsrud (http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/2001396/701/Onsrud-HSS-Spiral-Upcut-Router-Bit--34-D--1-14-CL--3-14-OL--12-SH--Onsrud-40-141.aspx) that Woodcraft sells. The holes I drilled with a guide still come back o haunt me as they are not perpendicular to the top. This only bigs me on certain jigs and fixtures but it seems I always need the crooked hole when I want a straight one. I had concerns about it only being HSS but others had posted success and I will add myself to their camp.
Steven Herbin
10-27-2009, 9:08 AM
Thanks.
I don't know why I didn't see it on the Woodcraft site before.
Looks like it will do the trick.
Ken Garlock
10-27-2009, 12:54 PM
Hi Steven.
When I put dog-holes in my bench, I used a 3/4" forstner bit. Just chuck it up in your hand drill and use an angle guide jig on the drill to keep the bit perpendicular to the bench top. I drilled all the holes from the top until I could detect the drill bit tip coming through the bottom. Next I went back and completed the holes from the bottom. Easy to do, nice and clean results.
Jerome Hanby
10-27-2009, 1:09 PM
Doesn't help that the picture is all wrong :eek:
Thanks.
I don't know why I didn't see it on the Woodcraft site before.
Looks like it will do the trick.
Prashun Patel
10-27-2009, 2:17 PM
You can also use a spade bit.
I had to use 13/16 diameter bkz the first ones I drilled with 3/4 were too snug.
Kent A Bathurst
10-27-2009, 3:34 PM
Use a Forstner bit.
+1 on forstner bit
-1 on spade bit
glenn bradley
10-27-2009, 4:28 PM
Thanks.
I don't know why I didn't see it on the Woodcraft site before.
Looks like it will do the trick.
Doesn't help that the picture is all wrong :eek:
Silly of Woodcraft to do that, isn't it?
Jim Bowers
10-27-2009, 4:36 PM
http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/pages/katana_bits4.htm
I think you will find what you are looking for at the above site.
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