Augur Bits
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I’ve just bought a 10″ hand brace drill so I am now looking to purchase some augur drill bits for it.
Ebay is a bit hit and miss, so anyone know of a good online source from which to get them?
I can’t find the video, but Paul had a nice set of 13 bits in a pouch. Something like that I’d be interested in.
Thank you
"Sawdust? I think you'll find that's man-glitter."
Depending on how much money you have and where you live? If you are looking for a starter set or may not going to use them daily, you can’t beat Harbor Freight.
Located in Honeoye Falls NY USA. The Finger Lakes region of Western NY.
"If you give me 6 hours to fell a tree, I will take the first 4 to sharpen my axe" Abe Lincoln
https://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/store/dept/TD/item/MS-JB.XX has the Jennings pattern augur bits, which Paul prefers to the Irwin pattern. You can also get high-end sets at Lee Valley and probably a million other sites.
Cheapie sets are available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Irwin-Tools-43697-Braced-Centre/dp/B001HWQKFE/ref=pd_sim_469_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=YG60HJAJVMTZWYDTV8Z0
Keep in mind many augur bits such as you find at the home centers are intended for use with power tools, not braces. I don’t know how it would effect the work, just letting you know there are bits for hand braces and bits for power tools, and I don’t know how wise it is to use them outside their intended domain. Might be perfectly fine. Hopefully someone else can address this issue.
I bought mine off ebay. An old Irwin set back when they were top of the line. I got a good deal on them and I even got lucky, as the last owner knew how to sharpen them correctly so they were like new.
I bought a set of Irwin bits from Amazon. They were usable after sharpening, but the fit and finish was not very good. I purchased the set I use now for The Best Things. They are a set of Stanley Jennings pattern bits, probably from the ’30s. They were in excellent condition and cost me about the same as the Irwin bits. They came in the original wooden box, which I like.
Peter in
Biggar SK
"New York is big, but this is Biggar"I just bought 12 of them off ebay for £10.50 p&p
They’ll need some care but hopefully they’ll work
Thanks all for the feedback
"Sawdust? I think you'll find that's man-glitter."
Contemporary auger bits with hexagonal shanks do very well with a hand brace, as do both brad point and forstner bits.
The auger bits from
https://www.fine-tools.com/bohr.html
have been good. Those from Luna (UK and Scandinavia) are also of high quality,The brad point bits by Veritas and Festool are superb.
/soj
Sven-Olof Jansson
London, UK; Boston, MAThese are the ones I bought
https://ssli.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/34YAAOSwcUBYI34c/$_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F
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