Thread: forstner versus saw tooth and end grain

Thanks for that Hughie - will read in detail later (just out the door).

There is also the style that has a retractable brad point pilot drill in the forstner (don't think it was mentioned there, but I only scanned it so far). These are primarily designed for drilling at an angle, on shoulders etc, but they also have the advantage of being able to remove the pilot altogether (after starting the hole) for when you want a flat bottomed hole without the pilot or brad point mark in the middle (e.g. when drilling to within a few mm of the other side of the wood). I only have one of these, which is HSS.

Very interesting article.

It seems to be directed to people that have not used Forstner bits before. Well worth the read as all information increases and strengthens our knowledge.