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Your cart is empty.Wood Owl, located in Miki, Japan, has specialized in the production of drill bits for the woodworking industry since 1923. While the factory is highly mechanized, many of the operations are still performed by hand by skilled workers. This is a 3 pieces set with 5/8”, ¾” and 1” fast boring bits. These bits are designed to be used in cordless drills and will extend battery life by as much as 35%. They can also be used in a drill press with excellent results. These bits are precision ground and sharpened for even and easy cutting of accurately sized holes. These bits have unique chamfered cutting edges to start on target, drill fast and clean holes with minimal blowout. They are made from high carbon steel that are fully induction hardened for long life. Bits are 6 1/2" long and have 1/4" quick release hex shanks.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2025
When boring large holes om wood, most people told me to use forstner bits but I was never really happy with the lack of smoothness of the hole. These bits solve the problem and achieve the feat of easily boring through wood - like when boring dog holes on a workbench, without damaging the wood. The cut just as effectively and quickly as a forstner bit without creating the resulting hole clean up.
MLH
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2025
These bits are REALLY GOOD! I drilled 56 -3/4” dia holes in 3/4” birch plywood and it cut like a hot knife through butter!!!! Very good and would highly recommend. Had very little tear out on the back side.
NewEnglander
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2024
These bits produce the cleanest drill holes I've ever seen. A little care is needed to prevent tearout at the exit, but this is easy enough.
Kindle Customer
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2024
I typically use fostner bits for drilling dowel holes. I started a project that required many 3/4" dia holes 2"deep. The fostner bits were taking entirely too much time. The auger bits are fast, clearing chips without the need to "wood pecker" the bit. The bits cuts a very clean accurate hole. I bought this set plus a single 3/8" bit.
G. Joy
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2024
I got this set primarily for the 3/4” forstner because I wanted a smooth hole through 1.75 inch maple butcher block. It worked out well. Cut was quick with no tear out
Pyts
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2024
Best bits I've ever used, though that's not saying much. How's about "best bits by a wide margin?"How's about: Cleaner that forstners, with the effort of a standard tri-flute? Heck, I don't know proper care practices for bits. I typically use and abuse 'em, then throw 'em out. In contrast, these will be getting stored properly. They're making my basement rewire look pretty deliberate.Little update: I actually drilled between floors of our house for the first time yesterday, going through about 11.5" using this 3/4 bit and a 12" diablo bit extension. I needed to run 14/3 from our basement ceiling to our attic so as to have an integrated combination smoke/CO detector system where all sensors sound if one goes off. And it worked out! There was some trouble: In a bore hole that deep, drilling straight down, the bit struggled to extract wood chips. After progress stalled and I started to smell smoked pine, I had to spend some time clearing the hole. What wound up working was: keeping the bit spinning forward while pulling it up out of the bore hole. That ensured the shavings came out with it.I think what happened was the result of my reversing part-way into drilling to check my progress. Reversing in the bore caused the bit to just dump all the shavings down beneath itself, creating a dust bed that it couldn't pull itself through.There was some blowout on the bottom side of that hole -- I'm not sure if it was caused by coming out between two sistered studs, or if I was applying too much pressure/had already dulled the bit. Either way, the 3/4 made it through almost a solid foot and kept a nice, smooth bore all the way down. My wire slipped through no-problem! And get this: I drilled that hole using a basic, corded, 3/8 dewalt! These bits earned their rating just for surviving my incompetence.Detractor: Length options. I'd like a stubby variant for fitting between studs/joists
DIY guy
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2024
Used the 3/4" to bore bench dog holes in my oak bench. worked like a hot knife thru butter and left a very clean hole.
ZStar
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2024
I am a carpenter and for the longest time I built rolling barn doors. The holes necessary for the hangers require a precise and clean hole for both the entrance and the exit. Doors being anywhere from 1 1/2" all the way out to 3 for some designs. Thats a tough hole even with pine. On top of that, doing hundreds of holes like this is exhausting over time and it wears out drills.The wood owl bits not only advance through the material with ease(opposed to the forstners bit, which requires force to advance), it creates an almost tear out free hole. Since it advances itself, there is no force on the fiber as it exits. Again opposed to the forstners bit which can break off massive pieces if you aren't extremely careful and you dont use blocking on the back, which is caused by the force needed for the bit to advance. If you combine the wood owl bits with a block against the back of your material to act as zero clearance, there is ZERO tear out on either the entrance or the exit. These bits are unmatched by anything that I've found. Its cleaner faster and easier to use that a forstners bit and they last 10 times as long. What can I say? I absolutely love these things. They are a joy to use.
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