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Thread: Drilling 1/4" hole, 4" deep, into end grain of 3/4" hardwood

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    Quote Originally Posted by BrianD King View Post
    With what bit? My spindle's slowest speed is 9000 rpm, which is too fast for a drill bit. And I've never seen a 1/4" bit with more than 1.25" depth of cut.



    Here's the rough instruction image from the company that sells the wire cheese slicers. It's a basic 1/4" wide, 4" deep hole into the edge grain near the corner. People buy gazillions of these hardware pieces from this company, so it must work...

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    I don't have a lathe

    If you peck drill you can go deeper the chips will come out when your bit retracts.

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