• Norseman Vortex drill bits

    From krw@notreal.com@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 4 21:01:34 2022
    Stumpy Nubs did a podcast a while back comparing drill bits and found
    three types that worked better than even the best brad point bits. I
    bought the Norseman Vortex bits and they really are something. Holes
    are exceptionally clean with no tearout. I haven't tried them on steel
    yet (may not, they are expensive) but they're the best wood bits I've
    used.

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  • From Leon@21:1/5 to krw@notreal.com on Wed Oct 5 08:38:44 2022
    On 10/4/2022 8:01 PM, krw@notreal.com wrote:

    Stumpy Nubs did a podcast a while back comparing drill bits and found
    three types that worked better than even the best brad point bits. I
    bought the Norseman Vortex bits and they really are something. Holes
    are exceptionally clean with no tearout. I haven't tried them on steel
    yet (may not, they are expensive) but they're the best wood bits I've
    used.

    Hard to find these days but I have several Colt 5 Star brad point bits
    and they cut clean, even on the unbacked/unsupported exit hole.

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  • From krw@notreal.com@21:1/5 to Leon on Wed Oct 5 13:58:11 2022
    On Wed, 5 Oct 2022 08:38:44 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote:

    On 10/4/2022 8:01 PM, krw@notreal.com wrote:

    Stumpy Nubs did a podcast a while back comparing drill bits and found
    three types that worked better than even the best brad point bits. I
    bought the Norseman Vortex bits and they really are something. Holes
    are exceptionally clean with no tearout. I haven't tried them on steel
    yet (may not, they are expensive) but they're the best wood bits I've
    used.

    Hard to find these days but I have several Colt 5 Star brad point bits
    and they cut clean, even on the unbacked/unsupported exit hole.

    I bought a couple of them but they became unobtanium pretty quickly.
    Colt is still around but the only ones I've seen in years are the
    "Twin Land" variety.

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