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   forestgirl | Apr 29, 2005 08:32pm | #1

   "...and (of course) I broke one."  Wow, how'd you do that?!

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
   Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   MarkRD | Apr 29, 2005 08:58pm | #2

   Had it in a hand drill - drilling through floor joists to run some wires and snapped the point off :-( (It was my dad's idea to use it for drilling the beams... he thought it worked easier than the speed bores). I switched over to my cheap speed bores after that...Mark

   Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.

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   WillGeorge | Apr 29, 2005 09:14pm | #4

   drilling through floor joists to run some wires ??

   LOL.. Gee Forest was that for DC current from Edison?

   Sorry.. I had to...

    

    

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   MarkRD | Apr 29, 2005 10:54pm | #5

   Will,
   I see your LOL but I don't get the joke? Maybe I'm slow...My basement ceiling (in part of the basement) is essentially attached directly to the Floor joists above - no clearance so I had to put the wires to my shop up higher...Mark

   Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.

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   WillGeorge | May 01, 2005 02:52pm | #8

   SORRY I DID not mean to piss ya off..

   I was just thinking of at the time I had to drill into ALOT of rafters to put some PEX tubing in there!

   Again.. NO HATE HERE..

   My first Job (After the Army) was setting up Brown-Sharp screw machines.. I learned the HARD way to sharpen drills..

   I hardly ever get any tear-out on the face.. Metal or Wood...

   By the way.. Brad points for wood ROCK!. Really hard to sharpen!

   Edited 5/1/2005 7:56 am ET by Will George

   Edited 5/1/2005 7:56 am ET by Will George

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   MarkRD | May 01, 2005 06:24pm | #9

   Not pissed, just puzzled...I don't get your comments????"drilling through floor joists to run some wires ??LOL.. Gee Forest was that for DC current from Edison?"LOL implies "laugh out loud" what are you laughing at? What's the joke?Mark

   Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.

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   WillGeorge | May 03, 2005 07:07pm | #10

   Probably to much Jack? /  I don't know?

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   WillGeorge | Apr 29, 2005 09:12pm | #3

   Great "anti tear out" drill bit.. 

   Gee a backer board works OK! 

   Not knockin' LeeValley but...

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   MarkRD | Apr 29, 2005 10:56pm | #6

   I meant on the top of the cut, not the back of the cut. These bits work like forstners (for cutting the outside of the hole not the flat bottom) only faster and you can run them at higher speeds - awesome in a drill press...Mark

   Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.

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   try5077 | Apr 30, 2005 01:29am | #7

   Powerbore bits only work well on soft wood, try one in some 3" Maple and watch the smoke screen. Like the good old days in HS Shop. The prolferation of hardwoods be readily availble soon forced these bits out of the market, along with the great stanley countersink bits that were one piece,