T&T: Teak Deck repair

[Peter Bennett]

Friday, January 5, 2007, 9:41:20 AM, ron wrote:

rb> Snip: Using a forstner bit of the proper size"

rb> Just curious, writing as an indifferent woodworker - is there any difference
rb> between a Forstner bit and a router bit? What other projects would they be
rb> useful for?

rb> Thanks

rb> Ron Barr

A Forstner bit drills a flat-bottomed hole - it does have a centering
point, but the main cutters are blades at right angles to the axis,
and sharp edges around the rim.

They must have some use in fancy woodworking, but since I don't do
fancy woodworking...

Someone on a mailing list I subscribe to (perhaps this one) suggested
them as a good way to remove teak plugs - and I found that they indeed
were Good Things.

They are very different from any router bit I've looked at.

If you google for "Forstner bit", you will likely get, among many
other links, http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-forstner-bit.htm

I bought mine from Lee Valley Tools.

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