How to make these holes please?

[Steve Bullman]

What tool would I need to make holes for tea lights as in this picture please?

[Graham]

I'd use a Forstner bit.

[Steve Bullman]

like this? Wolfcraft CV Forstner bit 48 mm, 10 mm shaft diameter DIY - Buy drills online Wellindal

[TIMON]

Think it's a 16mm auger bit. Steve.

I've done some before in discs but can't remember the exact size.

[George Gorman]

An auger drill bit is definitely your tool to use Steve. 😉

 

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[Big Beech]

Call me old fashioned, but a t light is wider than 16mm, and an auger bit is in my view a wrong tool for the job.

I'd use a forstner bit as mentioned or if being tight as I am use what I have which is a spade bit of 30mm

[eagleye]

forstner bit

even better to use if you have a drill press or pillar drill

buy a decent make not a cheapo silverline type

[harvey b davison]

I'd also use a forstner bit steve. There are two decent sets in screwfix for sale. One at £40:00 just for forstner bits or one at £35:00 where you get forstner bits and auger bits. I've got the mixed set, but another member on here got the pure forstner bit set.

 

Are you planning on making something same as the picture or something different.

[treequip]

I did a load for a mate once.

 

Forstner works well but its slow compared to a hole saw that only cuts a fraction of the material.

 

Simply drill and pop the plug out

[Lazurus]

I get cheap glass inserts from Fleabay to reduce the risk of fire and use a suitable Forster bit to set them in the timber, accurate and a nice flat.bottomed hole.

S.