Anyone have a technique for drilling a 15/16" diameter hole?   I know about taking a spade bit and grinding it down, but I don't have any spares.

I'd probably drill 7/8" and try to open it up with a round file or something. But Amazon can deliver next day and some of those bits are pretty inexpensive.

7 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

I'd probably drill 7/8" and try to open it up with a round file or something. But Amazon can deliver next day and some of those bits are pretty inexpensive.

Yes, but it's about 2.5" deep and not a through hole

Aha!  Dug thru my drawer of lesser-used bits and found this oddball

12 minutes ago, kmealy said:

Aha!  Dug thru my drawer of lesser-used bits and found this oddball

 I'd wrap a piece of colored tape around the shaft to help it stand out when you're looking for it next time.

redesign the job to match the tools you have?

Hole saw??

44 minutes ago, DAB said:

redesign the job to match the tools you have?

I needed to make a tight hole for some EMT.

2 hours ago, DuckSoup said:

 I'd wrap a piece of colored tape around the shaft to help it stand out when you're looking for it next time.

The odd thing was that it was one of two extra bits in a box where there was the usual 1/8" increment, and those two were sixteenths.

There are two diameters:  hole, peg/insert.  You could overdrill the hole, then wrap the insert.  Also, fill around the insert with epoxy, etc.  When fitting old furniture mortises with worn tenons, I wrap the tenon in glue-saturated paper strips to get a decent fit.  I initially tried plane shavings, but I couldn't get enough nice smooth shavings.

i was making some shepherd staffs for the Christmas play last week, and wanted to glue on a chunk of 2x2 on the end so there would not be a small end that might tend to poke the kid's eye out (1/2 diameter stick).  so  drilled a 1/2" hole in the 2x2 chunk, and of course found that the stick was not a perfect 1/2" diameter.  put some wood glue into the hole, added some saw dust, shoved the stick into the hole, letting the sawdust take up any void space between the hole and the stick.  let cure, worked perfectly. the glue and sawdust filled up any spaces that might have existed, and of course, everything bonded together nicely.

Hmmm..

There is a stamp on the square end...15.....means this is a 15/16" Brace bit...

Of course, you will need one of these..

To power it..

mule or water wheel not included....