Aggrajag
Established Member
This is going to make me sound like an silly person, but if I don't ask then I'll never learn...
How do you drill without leaving burn marks?
I've done a couple of patterns recently (I'm a scroll sawer, or at least I try to be) and I needed lots of holes in 3/4" pine (I think it's pine, it's a soft light wood) and no matter what speed I drilled at, each hole had burns at the back. (Edit to clarify - these aren't just entry holes I'm drilling, these are part of the final pattern.)
I'm using a Dremel 3000 on a Dremel Workstation as a drill press, a 2mm drillbit made for wood and a backing piece of wood to help with (rather unsuccessfully I thought) breakouts.
All I can think is a) I've no idea what I'm doing or b) it's a cheap drill bit.
Thanks in advance.
How do you drill without leaving burn marks?
I've done a couple of patterns recently (I'm a scroll sawer, or at least I try to be) and I needed lots of holes in 3/4" pine (I think it's pine, it's a soft light wood) and no matter what speed I drilled at, each hole had burns at the back. (Edit to clarify - these aren't just entry holes I'm drilling, these are part of the final pattern.)
I'm using a Dremel 3000 on a Dremel Workstation as a drill press, a 2mm drillbit made for wood and a backing piece of wood to help with (rather unsuccessfully I thought) breakouts.
All I can think is a) I've no idea what I'm doing or b) it's a cheap drill bit.
Thanks in advance.