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Offline Jeremy @ Havoc Calls

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5/8" Drill bit for wood?
« on: February 06, 2012, 07:30:53 PM »
Have any of you ever tried this drill bit? If so what are your thoughts on it? Im interested in getting it.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/SPEEDBOR-Woodboring-Bit-1PMT2?Pid=search
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Re: 5/8" Drill bit for wood?
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2012, 07:37:19 PM »
Just bought one.  Haven't used it yet.  If no one else has, I'll have firsthand experience with it this weekend i can provide.  Have some new wood coming from Justin at dbrosswoods, and gotta pick up my drill press from my father's (well, his drill press that i will be acquiring for semi-temporary use until the summer  :whistling:) 

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Re: 5/8" Drill bit for wood?
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2012, 08:18:28 PM »
Personal opinion:  Don't waste your money.  They're great for hogging holes through framing for running wiring, but are not good for finish work at all.  I have one in my electrical tool bag.  A good parabolic flute bit, brad point bit or silver and demming bit are hard to beat for drilling in wood, and this thing is none of those.
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Re: 5/8" Drill bit for wood?
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2012, 08:31:07 PM »
Got one, used it once and never again.
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Re: 5/8" Drill bit for wood?
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2012, 08:37:43 PM »
I bought one to tried it once. It's laying in the shop somewhere gathering dust.
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Re: 5/8" Drill bit for wood?
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2012, 08:51:29 PM »
I've got one somewhere, hope I never find it again. :down1:
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Re: 5/8" Drill bit for wood?
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2012, 09:13:36 PM »
Brad tip bits will be your best friend when drilling wood. Nice clean holes all the time and they wont wander like others will.
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Re: 5/8" Drill bit for wood?
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2012, 09:39:00 PM »
woohoo, dad gets a new drill bit  lol
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Re: 5/8" Drill bit for wood?
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2012, 08:22:26 AM »
What KC said. I have one in my electrical tool box as well. It only comes out when the wiring needs pulled. Aint nothing like em for pulling wiring tho!!  :yes:
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Re: 5/8" Drill bit for wood?
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2012, 08:42:10 AM »
I bought a set of them and found that the bore was not quite right.  It was larger than expected nd caused issues for me when working on my expanding mandrel.  I still have them but do not like them at all and stopped using them for call making.

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Re: 5/8" Drill bit for wood?
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2012, 10:52:09 AM »
UPS dropped off a package at the door the othe day and my wife went to the door and picked it up. I didn't rememer having anything coming in so I asked is hat yours? She looked at me and said in a scarastic tone, "Yes, I never get anything." I just replied, well, that's because you never order on line like I do. I"m always getting little snide commens like What do you need more wood for? She has seen my storage shelf in my shop.
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Re: 5/8" Drill bit for wood?
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2012, 12:09:15 PM »
If your wife is tired of you paying for wood, just buy her a chainsaw for her birthday. Now that's love.
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Re: 5/8" Drill bit for wood?
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2012, 12:12:41 PM »
I like it, I like it.  :bigup:
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Re: 5/8" Drill bit for wood?
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2012, 03:05:36 PM »
Lemme know how that works out for you  :whistling:     :rofl:

My wife made a photo tent for me, 20 mins later she was taking pictures of the dogs and cats in it  :surrender:

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Re: 5/8" Drill bit for wood?
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2012, 06:07:31 PM »
Just start ordering it in HER name.  I've done that once, she didn't think it was as funny as I did.
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