Dowel drill bit
A dowel drill bit is a cutting tool for making blind holes in furniture blanks to connect them using dowels. Such drill bits are used for drilling solid natural wood and wood-based materials such as chipboard, laminated chipboard, MDF and plywood. The Stancomplect online store offers a wide range of drills of this type for sale.
Main features of dowel drill bits
The technical features of the furniture dowel drill bits presented in the catalogue of our online store include:
- Made from extra strong steel or hard alloy (301 series).
- Brazed cutting part made of solid carbide (except for solid carbide drill bits of the 301 series) in the form of:
- block (series 70);
- plates (series 110).
- Two ground, high-precision cutting edges.
- Two spiral grooves for chip removal.
The dowel drill bit can be either right-hand or left-hand rotation, and its working part is coated to prevent dirt and resin from accumulating: orange for left-hand rotation and black for right-hand rotation.
The use of drill bits for making dowel holes in drilling machines allows to significantly speed up the process of production of serial furniture, which is their main advantage.

Features of choosing a dowel drill bit
When choosing a cutting tool for drilling blind holes for dowels, it is necessary to consider:
- Drill diameter.
- The length of the cutting part.
- Direction of rotation - it should match the rotation of the spindles in the drill heads of your machine.
If you need dowel drill bits, you should buy them in our online store. We offer high-quality and precisely balanced drill bits from HD Woodworking Tools from Taiwan at an affordable price, we help you choose the tool and ensure its fast delivery.