Forstner bit doodad

[phinds]

Saw this sitting on a shelf when I was looking for stuff for my grandson to play with. He loved it 'cause he could get his finger all the way into the smallest hole and I can't.

Anyway, I've always thought of this as THE test run for when you first get your Forstner bits but it occurred to me that perhaps some folks hadn't ever seen one so I thought I'd put it up here just for grins. They do look pretty cool. My daughter asked me how I got the squares inside and it took me a minute to figure out what she was talking about but it DOES look like there are cubes inside cubes because of the way it's cut.

I didn't make any attempt to clean this up (you can still see centering pencil marks) as it literally WAS just a test run for my Forstner bits way many years ago. They're easy to make, if a bit tedious. The only trick is keeping it centered for every cut.

Each of the six faces all look exactly like the one shown straight-on.

 

[gee-dub]

Cool.  Now I have to make a couple for the grandkids.

[Chet]

On 2/3/2022 at 8:48 AM, gee-dub said:

Cool.  Now I have to make a couple for the grandkids.

Yea, me too,

[BonPacific]

I've always liked these. I've also seen versions where someone goes the extra step and carves out the corners so each "cube" is free-floating inside.

[gee-dub]

On 2/3/2022 at 9:17 AM, BonPacific said:

I've always liked these. I've also seen versions where someone goes the extra step and carves out the corners so each "cube" is free-floating inside.

I think Steve Ramsey over at Woodworking for Mere Mortals has a video on that.

[Coop]

For those lazier than me, care to provide a link?

[wtnhighlander]