Has anyone had any problems drilling into hardwoods? I normally build with softer woods and sheet goods but over the weekend I put together a hardwood face frame and found that I got some wood burn and struggled to set some pocket holes into the wood.

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I started doing exactly the same thing. I thought that maybe the dust clearance was getting blocked due to the type of wood. Perhaps it is because of the flat seat head of the drill bit? I tried drilling with and against the grain with little difference.

None of the above, not in reverse and I do my drilling with a conventional cord drill to get the RPM up on the drill. I thought it might have been a dull bit however it tried it on some pine right afterwards and it worked great.

I also spoke what a fellow wood worker here that uses the same wood species (Saligna) and he has the same problem with a brand new bit. To over come this he first uses a normal metal bit to cut the initial hole and then follows it up with the Kreg bit.

I started doing exactly the same thing. I thought that maybe the dust clearance was getting blocked due to the type of wood. Perhaps it is because of the flat seat head of the drill bit? I tried drilling with and against the grain with little difference.

2) Was it working good the last time you used it? I have done some really stupid things like trying to drill holes in reverse - took a lot of "push" on the drill, but got through the wood...and then I realized I had just used it to back out some screws and forgot to change the direction of the twist.