[1fizgig]

Is it a dowel hole cutter?
I've just seen it as part of an auction and I have no idea.
Sorry the picture is really small - I can't zoom in any better because of the auction site and the way they do things.

I should add I checked out Carbitool's site but couldn't find the bit in their listing, nor the other regular place I'd buy bits from

 

[1fizgig]

May have answered my own question - is it a plug cutter?

 

[jw2170]

@1fizgig


Does it have a number on it, Steve?

 

[1fizgig]

@1fizgig


Does it have a number on it, Steve?

Hi James

Sorry I can't tell - if I could zoom in and see it clearly I'd tell you

 

[Stick486]

that might be a mortising bit

 

[Cherryville Chuck]

Stick nailed it I think. Picture isn’t very good but I have at least one old one like that.

 

[JOAT]

I would say plug cutter.

 

[DesertRatTom]

I also think it's a mortising bit. Really hard to see, but it looks like it has a bearing. Definitely not a plug cutter. Tried to blow it up, but it just pixilated.

 

[1fizgig]

It's interesting. I got a maybe slightly better picture, but that was trying to zoom i to the maximum Chrome would let me. It's still not great and I can't get any numbers or anything, but it does look like it only has two cutters unlike the plug cutters above.

 

[Stoobydale]

Looks like a Plug Cutter to me. I have some myself, I would suggest that you only use it with a pillar drill.

Edit. Maybe not if it only has 2 edges, and it does say Router bit on the package. Mmmm.... Think we need a bigger picture.

 

[JOAT]

Maybe not if it only has 2 edges, and it does say Router bit on the package. Mmmm.... Think we need a bigger picture.

And I have a plug cutter like this. I don't think it matters if it only has two edges.

 

[1fizgig]

Looks like a Plug Cutter to me. I have some myself, I would suggest that you only use it with a pillar drill.

Edit. Maybe not if it only has 2 edges, and it does say Router bit on the package. Mmmm.... Think we need a bigger picture.

Sadly that's as good a picture as I can get.

Either way, I don't own it, but if I win the auction I'll be able to provide more details

 

[gdonham1]

I think it is definitely a mortising bit. You use it to cut hinge mortises (shallow). Since it says "Router Bit" on the package it is not a plug cutter. A router to cut plugs would burn the plug up before you could extract it from the hole.

 

[Semipro]

Definitely a mortising bit

Like Joat shows the difference plug cutters

 

[Nickp]

@1fizgig


Plug cutters aren't typically used with a router...

Here's the link to the Carbitool item... https://www.carbitool.com.au/product/2-flute-hinge-mortise-bit-carbide-tipped/

 

[neville9999]

May have answered my own question - is it a plug cutter?

I think so too, its a plug cutter. For some reason I cant get a close look at it as the image wont expand. N

 

[pdennert]

Looks like a plug cutter.

 

[radios]

@1fizgig


Plug cutters aren't typically used with a router...

Here's the link to the Carbitool item... https://www.carbitool.com.au/product/2-flute-hinge-mortise-bit-carbide-tipped/

you've solved it!.

 

[Cherryville Chuck]

All the plug cutters that look like that have 4 legs instead of two. At least all the ones I have or have seen.

 

[mveach]

It's a motorising bit. It's made to plung cut then follow a pattern. I have used one for many years