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The included hyperlink to the product discussed did not work. I suspect it was something like this: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hitachi-3-8-in-Plug-Cutter/3056069
by neogodless 4y ago
The included hyperlink to the product discussed did not work. I suspect it was something like this:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hitachi-3-8-in-Plug-Cutter/3056069 https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hitachi-3-8-in-Plug-Cutter/3056069
(discontinued)
None of these match (have the 4 cutting teeth and the center), they either have two teeth with the center or 4 teeth without.
https://www.woodcraft.com/categories/plug-cutters https://www.woodcraft.com/categories/plug-cutters
Wonder how these other ones hold up to hand drilling.
- ricardobeat 4y agoThe comments in the post say it’s been discontinued, but I was able to find similar bits by other brands, searching for “self-centering plug cutter”.
- jmuhlich 4y agoI’ve used those Snappy brand cutters in a handheld cordless drill. It’s workable but tricky. You need to start with light pressure and high speed until the cutters score a clean circle, then gradually increase the pressure. The workpiece absolutely needs to be clamped down with zero movement, and it helps if you can find a way to brace your upper body and the drill as you work. The trickiest part is keeping the cutter perfectly square to the work in both axes —- if you tip it too far you’re likely to shatter the cutter as the metal is very brittle.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoI've hand drilled hundreds with a non centering plug cutter. It works fine. You make the plugs long anyway so tear out at the beginning isn't an issue. With a tapered cutter the starting surface is going into the hole so it doesn't have to look good either. The main tedium is when they get dull it becomes a bear to force them into the wood.