<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Jim,<div><br></div><div>Here's an example of a Forstner bit application. I used it with a right angle drill to create a recess for a large T-nut in the bottom of the keybed to fix a grossly stripped pedal lyre bolt. It ain't going anywhere now... :-) </div><div><br></div><div>The forstner bit did exactly what it was supposed to do with ease. Drilling took all of about 10 seconds.<div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On Dec 20, 2012, at 01:14 , Euphonious Thumpe <<a href="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com">lclgcnp@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Jim, Forstner bits ( that's the right spelling) are intended for created flat-bottomed cavities in wood ( such as pouch wells, clearences for bolt heads, and etc.) not drill-through.<br><br>Peace,<br> Thumpe</td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="_origMsg_">
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<td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">On 12/19/2012 8:59 PM, Jim Ialeggio wrote:<br>> Calling all cars, calling all cars...be on the lookout for a specialty<br>> drill bit, posing as a cutting tool. Suspect claims to be armed, but is<br>> not dangerous, as it couldn't cut its way out of a paper bag. Answers to<br>> the name "Forstener"...<br>><br>> Now really, I'm about to completely give up on Forstener bits. They<br>> should useful for cutting clean semi-large holes, especially in masonite<br>> and template stock, soundboard panels, etc, but they never live up to<br>> their billing, except in a drill press. And then only in certain woods.<br>> And then clog and burn before you can say boo. Does anybody get these<br>> bits to behave reasonably?<br>><br>> So I try all the bits in the shop for drilling a clean hole in a<br>> soundboard panel and masonite panel template.
What comes up on top...a<br>> sharp cheap-o Spade bit, with the panel backed-up.<br>><br>> How do others manage a clean hole in soundboard panels...hand held or<br>> jig held?<br><br>It's called a hole saw. With a 1/4" pilot, drilled half way through one <br>side, and finished from the other, there's no tear out or other such angst.<br>Ron N<br></td>
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