Interesting find at a yard sale

[SteveF]

I bought a small box of bits at a yard sale yesterday. Today, I'm going through the box. There's 24 of the same size bit, NOS. All F.Walter, England and approximately 3/32". Nineteen have the rounded cutting tip and five have the cutting lip (sorry, don't know the proper terminology).

[Admiral]

Looks like "fluted" tip bits; old school, like the Yankee push drills. Very cool.

[SteveF]

Admiral said:

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Looks like "fluted" tip bits; old school, like the Yankee push drills. Very cool.

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No, more like spoon bits.

[Admiral]

SteveF said:

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Looks like "fluted" tip bits; old school, like the Yankee push drills. Very cool.

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No, more like spoon bits.

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Even better!

[Timberwolf]

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No, more like spoon bits.

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That's what they look like to me..but very small ones for sure..

[rschissler]

OK, excuse my ignorance, but what do you do with them?

[Tony Z]

Well, larger ones are used in your brace to drill holes for chair making-think starting a hole at 15 degrees off vertical, easy to do with a spoon bit.

[Rob Young]

rschissler said:

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OK, excuse my ignorance, but what do you do with them?

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Besides drill holes?

[Bill_Houghton]

I'm always intrigued when I run into small bits designed to go in braces.

[JClark]

The ones without the lip are shell bits. The ones with the lip are nosing bits. Those are an awesome find. Congrats!

Josh