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    Drill Bits

    Hey folks, what are your go to drill bits for wood applications?

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    Hi Mitchell, I use Forstener, lipped Brad points, standard jobber twist drills and tapered twist drills for wood screws.

    I also use a few carbide tipped metric bits for dowels and shelf pins.

    For electrical work I use auger bits.............Regards, Rod.

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    For wood I use brad point & forstener bits most often.

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    Any recommendations on brands?

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    Fuller Brad Point Bits: excellent quality and made in USA
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    Freud Carbide Forstner Bits: Made in Italy (which is not China)
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    I also use Forstner, lipped brad point, and standard jobber twist drills. Forstners for flat bottom or large diameter holes, bradpoints for almost all solid wood drilling, twist bits for composites and plywood.
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    I use Jobber Twist Drills, Forstner and occasionally a Spade Drill. For the Jobbers, any good US brand like Greenfield will hold up the best.

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    My "Bits" toolbox weighs about 40 pounds, and that doesn't include the ones in the "Big Bits" box, or the "Holesaw" box.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mitchell Ristine View Post
    Hey folks, what are your go to drill bits for wood applications?
    Depends on the application - deep holes at the lathe, shallow large diameter, rough holes or precision, hand held or drill press.
    Like others I use a wide variety.

    My favorite at the lathe are taper shank bits - they fit into the tailstock with no chuck needed.

    JKJ

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    Jobber twist drill, forsteners, brad point
    Brands - W. L. Fuller (brads), Fisch (large brad point), CMT (forstener). For jobbers anything I can get.

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    I should have been much more specific. Sorry. I'm looking for Brand and material for twist jobbers.

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    Much of my drilling is through end grain on the lathe (pen blanks). Norseman split points for my imperial sizes, for metric set i picked up Viking. Real happy with how true they run, flutes clear nicely, and have stayed very sharp for 2 years work in a variety of hard exotics and stabilized wood. Not a lot of tolerance in drilling for pens, and those two sets have paid for themselves.
    earl

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    Freud Forstener bits and a 28 piece lipped brad point set from Lee Valley. Super quality in both cases.
    Sharp solves all manner of problems.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mitchell Ristine View Post
    I should have been much more specific. Sorry. I'm looking for Brand and material for twist jobbers.
    Cleveland, Chicago, Triumph.

    I normally buy HSS jobber length drills, split tip, cobalt if I'm going to use them in stainless steel.

    Lee Valley sell Triumph drill bits, they're as good as Cleveland or Chicago...............Regards, Rod.

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