Anyone know where I can buy a 9mm (not 3/8") Forstner or sawtooth bit in the UK? The usual places like Axminster seem to start at 10 or 12 mm.
TIA
Forstner and sawtooth bits?
Jun 15, 2008
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Know anyone with a lathe?
Yes - me. I could shave a bit of a 3/8" one and there are other ways of doing the job but I was surprised to find its so easy to get 3/8" and so hard to find 9 mm in these metric days - hence the query.
Maybe the fact that there is only 0.02" difference between 9 mm and 3/8" is the reason. If you blow in the hole the moisture in your breath will move timber that much.
You can still buy 3/4 and 19mm bits the difference being 0.05mm or 0.002" Now that is what I call close for wood working.
Bob
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sawtooth bit
...ah, but Norman works to exacting standards !!!!
AWEM
Thanks Andrew - nice to sse you back in action!
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