9/16″ drill bit?
Installing two Larson Storm doors and the directions for the latch set calls for two 3/8″ holes and a 9/16″ for the shaft. Used a 5/8″ and it worked fine.
Wonder if it was a misprint. Looked through all my dozens of bits and no 9/16″.
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Absolutely. I think even the box stores have them...depending. If you want you can get bits in graduations of 1/32" or probably even 64ths.
Yeah, I got a full set of wire gauge bits. Was down at HD yesterday, and didn't see any there.
Bet Larson sells'em. ;-)
9/16" is very common in those paddle bits.
Also I have about 3 or 4 of them in forstner bits.
Ayup. But if in a bind, grind the tip of a 1/2" twist bit off center, it'll drill a bigger hole.
I have reground spade bits for all sorts of things, tapered for socket joints and flutes for small rosettes. I inlayed a silver coin in the headstock of my Bass, it needed to be a perfect fit, so I shaved down a spade bit till I got it within a few thousanths, and pressed fit in epoxy..handy things to have around, and cheap enough to modify.
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>>I have reground spade bits for all sorts of things,....<<<<
I thought I was the only person crazy enough to do that!
I just did one today to tighten up the fit on some "fake" pegs on a historical house project. Started with a new 3/4" spade bit finished with a .730" bit.
That .020" makes a world of difference in how it looks.
Jim
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Got a tip out of the Taunton Stair book to taper the "wings" of a 9/16 spade bit so that you can drill into an angled stair railing without it chipping out the edges of the hole. Worked great - that tip alone was worth the price of the book.JT
Taper which way? Back toward the bit shank / chuck?
If you tell me, I won't have to buy the book -- although I think I have got them all.
Jim
Never underestimate the value of a sharp pencil or good light.
Back toward the shank. Leaves a little clearance for the cutting edges, like the set on a saw.
You already know now.
I have 9/16" in spade and wood auger, twist for metal.
You just aren't looking in the right places.
Jim
Never underestimate the value of a sharp pencil or good light.
Ha! I just installed a Larson and discovered the same thing. Fortunately, I had a brade new 9/16" spade bit in the tool box. Made a nice clean hole throught the vinyl cladding. Incidently, the door did NOT impress me. It as one of those full views with snap-in plastic strips to retain the screen/storm insert. I'll be sticking with the Andersen storm doors in the foture.
Put in a couple of "mid-view" with the sliding screen/glass. Seems pretty well made to me. The only thing I noticed was that the locksets aren't made for right and left. It's fine for a right hand opening, but inverted on a left hand opening. There's no way to pop the guts out and change the handle.
If I recall, the latch bolt on one that I recently installed was reversible. There's a plate on the edge of the latch mechanism. Before inserting the mechanism into the door, the plate is unscrewed (there's just one screw holding it in place) allowing the bolt to be flipped around so it can be used for either right or left handed operation.
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Have seen as twist drill - sometimes called a Silver & Deming - in carbon ("tool") steel, high speed (HSS) and rarely carbide tipped. Don't know about solid carbide.
DW has one with black oxide finish (don't think hss but maybe wrong).
Have seen DW at local big box store. Some HD stock; others do not. Suggest you also try at machine shop suppliers vs woodworking or home contractors.
Common size.
#1 thru 100...
A thru Z....
1/16" by 64th's to I gotta have me some of those...
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