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231264 paul womack <pwomack@p...> Jun-25-2012 Re: Boring note for beginners
Joshua Clark wrote:
>
> By far the best bit that I found to bore end grain is the Whitehouse patent
bit. The design was patented I don't have a picture of one handy but you can get
the drift of it but the patent drawing here: http://tinyurl.com/7hxgjbo (go to
the second page of drawings). I have a set of these with a really coarse single
lead screw and they absolutely eat through end grain. The coarse screw really
holds its grip well which I think is important for end grain work. Forget those
wimpy Russell Jennings bits with the fine double screw. You need a big, coarse
lead screw for this sort of work.

Whitehouse you say?

http://swingleydev.com/archive/get.php?message_id=215309#message

http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10152/whitehouse_aug.jpg

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