Mortise 3/4 inch dia - 3 inch deep

[DanielOB]

I cannot find such a bit for a router. Anyone made a try with drill-bit for this job.

I do not have domino...

Thanks

 

[jonny round boy]

Why do you need a router, can't you just use a drill press? Any half-decent forstner bit would make an easy job of it. If you don't have a drill press, you may even be able to drill it with a hand-held drill, depending on how 'perfect' you need the hole.

 

[w802h]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-pc-1-2-SH-Extra-long-3-Blade-1-2-Cutting-Dia-Straight-Router-Bit-sct-888-/141545101571?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20f4bed903

So it's not 3/4" wide but you'd be looking at multiple plunges/passes anyway.  What you are asking is beyond the Domino XL's capabilities. 

 

[Nigel]

Yes done it on green oak with a multi/forstner bit and one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0001P19PO/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_3/280-8117903-4814765?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_r=1F57JZCD7PMSG1BJ79E3&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=569136327&pf_rd_i=B0043VUCGO

 

[jacko9]

Save yourself some money and buy a 3/4" chisel if you don't have a lot of mortises to chop.

 

[w802h]

I made a screen door using my DF500 at max plunge 10mm wide x 28mm deep and then used a 3/8" drill and chisel to double the depth for a total of 28 holes.  The domino mortise helped keep the drill aligned, but it took me three hours to deepen those holes.  When the DF700 went on sale a few months later I bought it. 

 

[Holmz]

I cannot find such a bit for a router. Anyone made a try with drill-bit for this job.

I do not have domino...

Thanks

I did my first three oak doors 25 years ago using 3/4 or 1" oak dowel and a forstner bit by hand.
The only hard part is staying normal to the surface. I glued some blocks to the drill and had it slide against those.
(A lot cheaper than a domino, which did not exists at that time)

 

[tjbnwi]

I have to ask what you're doing that you need to make these holes.

Tom

 

[rst]

Extra depth bits are available from Amana through Toolstoday.  #45477 - 1//2" dia 1/2"shank 3" cutting depth

 

[DanielOB]

I have to make an entrance door, solid wood, 2.5 in thick. A bit 1/2 inch dia 3 inch long will do as well.

Is Amana Chinese or similar ...

 

[rst]

Amana is an industrial tooling co based in the US, they do not really market to the consumer.

 

[DanielOB]

What you guys think, what will be better, 2.5" or 3" tenon. Might be 3" is way too long a bit so vibration can increase the width, or even the bit may break and make a lot of problems to get it out.

 

[Holmz]

What you guys think, what will be better, 2.5" or 3" tenon. Might be 3" is way too long a bit so vibration can increase the width, or even the bit may break and make a lot of problems to get it out.

You may be overthinking it.
A forstner bit can go 2-1/2 to 3" per side with ease.

Poke the router bit in if you are going that route(r). Then if the hole is too shallow, run the forstner in to add more depth.

When I did mine I used an oak dowel that was ~6" long.
However breaking a 1" would require Bruce Lee.

 

[nickao]

Amana is an industrial tooling co based in the US, they do not really market to the consumer.

I think you are mistaken or talking about another company. Amana does market to the consumer I have loads of their bits and hundreds of stores sell their bits and blades anyone.

They have been around since 1972, started in New York and have a presence in CA as well. I have many of the Amana bits and they are some of the best I have ever used and made in Israel. Amana  has 3 brands, Age tools, The Amana line and Timberline.

You links to Tools for Today(they sell almost all the Amana stuff) so I am not sure why you would say they are not really marketed to the consumer. Even the local tool store carries Amana bits and blades.

 

[Hud]

You can get long end mills that work real good in wood,  I am not sure about a 1/2" shank and 3/4"diameter.  I have several 3-4" long 1/2"diameter tool steel bits  that I have used for years.  Don't use solid carbide, they break and can be very dangerous, I speak form experience on this.

 

[mike_aa]

You can get long end mills that work real good in wood,  I am not sure about a 1/2" shank and 3/4"diameter.  I have several 3-4" long 1/2"diameter tool steel bits  that I have used for years.  Don't use solid carbide, they break and can be very dangerous, I speak form experience on this.

[member=22566]Hud[/member],
Do you use them in your router?  What speed can they be run at?  I have some 2 flute and 4 flute from my machinist Dad and it would be nice to be able to use them for woodworking.

Thanks, Mike A.

 

[Ollie]

Er

Auger bit and mortice chisel ?
Oh yeah, those Armeg wood beaver ones are great too.

Ollie

 

[Hud]

Mike, I have been using them in my
Dewalt 625 full speed, the one I use the most is about 4" long and allows me to cut about 2.5 to 2.75 deep  The cutter is M2 tool steel and holds up to heat real well.  M2 is tempered at 1025°F for two hours, two times so it is the heat from routing will not affect it's temper.

 

[mike_aa]

Hud,
Thanks, I think the ones I have are marked HSS so I imagine they would work OK.

Mike A.

 

[DanielOB]

Thanks to all. Now I have so many choices. You are all so good wood-guys.