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- From: shaw@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Shaw Moldauer)
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:18:35 GMT
- Subject: Re: Forstner bits...
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- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- In rec.woodworking, tip@lead.aichem.arizona.edu (Tom Perigrin) writes:
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- > Don't forget that Forstner lived before Electric drills. The bit is
- > perfectly well adapted to slow speed drilling using a brace and Forstner
- > bit. I would hate to try to do an angled hole this way, but I'd
- > be willing to try a 2" or 3" hole this way. I'd practice on scraps
- > a lot though!
-
- Don't forget, there were drill dresses long before electric
- motors...........
-
- -Shaw
-