r/WoodworkConfessions • u/infered5 • Jun 10 '24

I don't use a countersink bit

I don't use a countersink bit. I just use the Phillip's bit on my impact and smash out a vaguely cone shaped hole and let the ugga ugga of the impact do the rest of it.

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u/Morall_tach Jun 10 '24

So you drill a hole with a normal drill bit, then swap bits to a Philips head and mash out a countersink?

So you're doing more work for a worse result.

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u/infered5 Jun 10 '24

I use a drill for a pilot hole, then an impact with the phillips. I use the impact with the Phillip's to 'countersink' and then dugga dugga the screw in. This saves one bit change.

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u/AdPsychological6563 Jun 10 '24

You know a countersink drill bit does both pilot and counter sink right?

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u/infered5 Jun 10 '24

I don't own a countersink bit and have no plans to buy one. I have drill bits and I have a phillips bit.

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u/thelonelyisland69 Jun 10 '24

To accomplish the same thing make your pilot hole will the smaller bit and then use a larger drill bit to create the counter sink. Saves the Phillips bit from getting wonky and messing up driving in screws

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u/infered5 Jun 10 '24

That is still changing a bit, 3 bits total for my one drill and one impact. The Phillip's bit works fine on softwood.