Gouges from brace bits

[Arurry]

Spoon bits are useful in that they center themselves and do not wander. Also called chair-makers bits. They are hard to find. I used one to bore a one inch hole 18 feet through a mahogany keel for a shaft. Absolutely straight. An auger bit would have followed the wood grain and wandered. So auger bits are better? Maybe for some things.