Milwaukee designed its ship auger bits and auger bits for electricians, utility workers, plumbers, and any trade requiring deep hole-drilling in wood. They seem like a perfect match for M18 FUEL Hole Hawg right-angle drills. Milwaukee constructed the ship auger bits using high-carbon steel.
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Heat Treatment Redesigned Cutting Heads
They also feature a redesigned cutting head with a special heat treatment process to provide optimal life when encountering nails. Anyone who has ever drilled an auger bit into nail-infested wood will appreciate any steps taken to make this a smoother process. These two features help produce up to two times the life of other ship auger bits.
The special heat-treating process lets the edge stay sharper for longer. It also reduces the need for sharpening, leading to increased productivity and reduced downtime. Milwaukee coats the polished bit flutes with an industrial non-stick material. This ensures faster chip ejection and reduces clogging when drilling deep holes. The shank undergoes an additional hardening process to provide maximum durability and impact rating, ensuring bit versatility across every application.
The bits come standard with a 7/16″ power groove quick-change shank and are available in a wide variety of diameters in both 6″ and 18-1/2″ lengths. Like most auger bits, these are designed for clean wood-cutting only. Integrated into the design is a double-wing spur that scribes the edges of the hole, producing a cleaner cut. Like its ship auger counterpart, the auger bits have polished non-stick flutes and extra hard shanks. Milwaukee auger bits work with either a corded or cordless impact wrench.
Milwaukee Ship Auger Bits Pricing and Options
You can find the Milwaukee ship auger bits packaged in kits with the most common sizes. The 4-Piece 6-1/2″ Spur Auger Bit Set contains the following sizes: 1/2″, 3/4″, 7/8″, and 1″ at the 6-1/2″ length. It retails for $39.99. The 3-Piece Ship Auger Bit Set retails for $56.19 and includes 1/2″, 3/4″, and 1″ bits at the 18″ length. Both sets come with a heavy-duty canvas roll-up pouch which we like very much for this type of tool.
