Aldi plug cutter set

[double_ender]

I see that Aldi are doing a plug cutter set tomorrow, Sun.

2 sets of 4 "round or chamfered style" for counter boreholes.

Are counter boreholes just holes using a wood drill?, and what is the difference between round and chamfered cutters.
Thanks in advance for the info.
By the way the price is £2.99 a set.

 

[meldrum]

The counter boring tools I have are like a countersink with a hole in the middle for a drill bit, used for finishing the hole for a wood plug, cutting the countersunk recess for the screw head to sit in and the initial part of the hole for the part of the screw shank with no thread. In one operation. The plug cutters do what the name suggests, cut the wood plugs from a scrap block of timber and the hole for the plug.Sounds like a good price. But as you know with tools, you get what you pay for.

 

[ccscott49]

One will be for slightly tapered plugs, but the other will be for parallel plugs.

 

[Ruffles]

Tapered plug cutters are better IMO in that you can whack the plug in with a mallet and not glue. But they are harder to cut without a pillar drill - if you move the drill slightly they tend to snap. I don't have a pillar drill but made do by bracing the drill body against some clamped timber.