Techniques for Drilling Wood Without Splintering or Damaging It
To make a hole in wood with precision you need a drill with rotary motion and a bit suitable for this material. Which usually has a pointed end and different from the solutions used to drill stone or metal.
In reality, there are also other methods for drilling wood that do not involve the use of power tools. But we're talking about particular conditions, in most cases it's with the drill that you get the best result. And, obviously, the choice of the bit remains fundamental. Also to obtain different results such as, for example, large or blind holes. That is without exit hole.
Which drill to choose for drilling wood?
The first choice we need to make is which power tool to use for drilling wood. It's enough to use a good quality drill set with rotary motion. This point is fundamental because often drills have the ability to activate the percussion movement as well. So with a percussion blow on the bit. But this condition is only useful for drilling stone or concrete.
If you want to drill wood - any quality, even the hardest - rotation alone is enough. How do you drill a straight hole in wood? In these cases it's best to choose the column drill if you can, as it maintains greater stability even for long periods.
The techniques for drilling wood well
You must consider the techniques for making a hole in wood without burning and splintering it at the end. A quality drill and a suitable bit already contribute greatly to the cause, but to drill even the wood of a piece of furniture that you don't want to damage you must:
- Mark the area you want to drill with a center punch
- Start slowly and increase speed without overdoing it.
- Do not apply pressure to the drill either perpendicularly or on the sides.
- Place a piece of wood at the point where the bit should exit.
Having a block of wood at the exit hole allows you to drill wood without damaging and splintering it. While choosing the correct diameter allows you to avoid pieces of wood split due to excessive width.
Which bit to use for drilling wood?
Let's move on to the second element for professionally drilling wood. If you want to make a hole without breaking the piece you are working on you must choose the right tools. So you need bits suitable for this job, like Krino two-flute twist bits. Just like the solution with stepped geometry Step+ Krino that you see below.
Characteristics: centering and composition in HSS. That is high speed steel, a feature that makes the bit always reliable even when it's stressed. To drill wood in depth you can use the longer models while for larger holes there are spade bits, perfect for soft and hard wood. Here are some details on wood bits to use for specific jobs.
How to make a blind hole in wood
To drill wood with limited depth, that is, without going all the way through the thickness, you can use length reducers that are mounted on ordinary bits. But there are situations where you need to create special holes, shallow and wide.
In these cases butterfly or Forstner bits are used. These solutions allow you to create blind holes of precise width, they are perfect for making holes in furniture doors where hinges are needed. Here are our best bits:
Drilling wood with a large diameter
To make large holes in wood you can use cup mills. That is bits that allow you to perform large diameter work with precision, without splintering the wood or using normal bits to dig the edges and damage the raw material.
You can use the Krino HSS bimetallic cup mill which is perfect for all types of wood. Thanks to its characteristics, in fact, it can work well on any thin material, obviously on wood and its derivatives. You can use this solution also on metal.
How to make a hole in wood without a drill
There are various tools that allow you to make a hole in wood without a drill, HSS twist bits or with tools that don't need electric power. For example, to make a hole in wood by hand you can consider a T-shaped auger that allows you to make holes even large sizes using arm force or levers.
Furthermore, there are hand drills with cranks or pressure operated that simulate the mechanism of a normal bit but without electric power. These hand crank operated solutions are perfect when you need to do work in emergency situations.
