Lee Valley tools makes a brace with a 3 jaw chuck.

Scored a complete set of Jennings bits in the box in a CIHI auction. Also own two Wood Owls so far (3/4" and 1 1/4"). They are phenomenal, but also pricey, so I'm getting sizes as I need them

Forstner bits work well for situations where you need a relatively flat bottom hole such as chair stretchers. Also they are good for mortises, as you can overlap the holes easily. Makes for much less chisel clean up. Yes they do not work to well in braces. They tend to wonder a lot.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who uses his head! Realizing I could drill horizontally was the game changer though. Could never keep the bit straight that way until I saw you use that trick with a ring.

James thanks for teaching with humor

Super thorough! Thanks for the great video James and Sarah! I’m sad I missed it live, hopefully I’ll catch the next one!

I just realized that I have a push drill with a mostly complete set of spoon drill bits.

If you LOVE old manual hand tools like I do, you need a Yankee No. 1545. It’s your old “egg beater” style drill but with right-ratchet, left-ratchet, and double ratchet modes as well as a gear switch for 2 different speeds.

Wow....I learned a BIT more than I thought I would here! You've got some really interesting historical examples.

14:25: Daniel's question. Thats the video I want more than never. 😂

@pedro.federici

6 ай бұрын

This is a "How to" channel. So..... Show this, James

You can actually modify a hole saw to run a lot smoother, especially if you're using a larger one. You just round over several of the teeth evenly spaced around it to act as rakers/depth guides (like on a chainsaw), then sharpen the other teeth until they're just a tiny hair taller so that it's only taking as big of a cut as you want it to. I did it with a 2" hole saw (I think I rounded every 3rd tooth) & it works great once you get it set. 👍

Awesome stuff. Thank y'all for sharing this. Never knew about the different types of bits but these distinctions will help me to understand the nature of these bits better and how to select them!

Great topic to talk about. Got several sets of brace and bits. A set of gimlets. And just got some hand augers, ready to build the Windsor chair the old-fashioned Bodgers style so this year is my goal to make it. But with sight loss it’s going to be fun

Spoon drill is how klompen are made 😁

For the workbench I'm making, I needed to make angled mortises, so I figured the easiest way would be to drill out most of the waste with an auger bit and then chop the rest with a chisel. What I ended up doing was to cut a piece of MDF to the 15° angle, clamp that to the work piece and use it as a guide for the auger bit and later for the chisels. This worked out ok, any error I made was hidden by the shoulders of the tenons. Do you know a better way, especially if you are after a specific angle like I was?

@jesseterpstra5472

2 жыл бұрын

BTW I have a set of auger bits that look just like the ones shown at 10:35 in the video. Mastercraft brand, I believe.

@WoodByWrightHowTo

2 жыл бұрын

I generally use a bevel gauge to eyeball the mortis. drill out most of it but stay away from the lines. then chisel back close to the lines. usually I under cut the shoulders and inside the mortise to get a good clean fit.

Have you ever used or made a D drill bit? They are used for long straight holes and supposedly don’t wander like a standard twist bit

Missed the live show sorry

So I absolutely love my Russel Jennings and you probably know they can get pretty expensive due to noI being made anymore. Is there a brand that is currently manufactured and comparable to Jennings? I too like to use my old Miller’s Falls 730s braces and I’ve tried using other brands of bits, but they usually take more torque to be useful. The Jennings seemed to be take just enough shavings.

@WoodByWrightHowTo

2 жыл бұрын

No one I know of makes Jennings any more. they were not a popular back in the day and I only know of 2 companies that make the Irwin style today. the closest thing to the Jennings style is the wood owl. lddy.no/oxa7

Have you seen that Irwin now has tri flute augers like your Owl’s

Great video. You're a little bit of a mouse on an exercise wheel. Sometimes you present something to the camera for a closeup and then pull it away so fast one cannot see it. I need more coffee this morning; good subject. I'll finish the video later however.

My bench don't see electric drills very often either lol

I wonder how many people looked at the thumbnail and thought: Need it, need it, got it, need it, got it, need it, need it, got it, got it, or some such... I know I did...

Now that I go more and more down the fine woodworking rabbit hole I'm starting to be more and more frustrated that Taytools doesn't ship to France anymore!!! I asked them why and it seems to be because the rules for importing things are too complicated!!!

@WoodByWrightHowTo

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you're a bunch of companies that just change some things that make it incredibly difficult to ship out of the US.

What about gimlet bits (with the squared ends designed to go in a brace)? Are they useful to have?

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Жыл бұрын

Those are really hard to find. But I do have a couple. Generally, I prefer a twist bit when you get that small. But those used to be easier to make. So there was a time that they were popular for holes smaller than a quarter inch.

You announced a NWTCA (is that right?) meet in Minneapolis in February (13th?) Is this a tool club? I tried to google it but got nothing. Do you have more information?

@WoodByWrightHowTo

2 жыл бұрын

MWTCA.org you can contact Greg Vetsch at 612-743-3697 it will be at the Medina Entertainment Center. Medina, MN you have to be a member of the MWTCA, but you can join at the door. here is another local MWTCA meet if you want to see what it will be like. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6Sep7iLndHXepc.html

Spade bits?

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Жыл бұрын

Those don't have much use in the shop. They are ok for 2x4s in construction lumber, but even there they are just the cheaper option