Used especially in furniture applications for drilling holes that go through the material. Used on a point to point drilling machines, and cnc machines, hinge boring machines or multi spiral units. The tool can be used in materials like softwood, hardwoods, chipboard, and fibre materials ( MDF & HF etc. ) plus things like plastic coated , veneered and plywood.
Common sizes are 5mm to 12 mm in diameter with 10 mm shank dia.
- 57.5 long
- 70 mm long
Please note that dowel bits are made in left hand and right hand tools all used for the above machines. The above tools can be combined with loose countersinks.
Feed & rpm would be based on material cut. But common spec’s are
- 1.3 m/min
- 4500 rpm