Where are all the good drill bits?

[Charles Nicholls]

On ‎10‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 5:33 PM, BillyJack said:

Maybe...Maybe not...................

When you can lean up against the door of a brand new truck, and actually put a dent in it, there is something wrong there LOL.

[Gene Howe]

[Stick486]

33 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

 

your soft spot is showing...

[HARO50]

On 10/12/2017 at 9:22 AM, Stick486 said:

 

your soft spot is showing...

Took his 'do rag off, did he?

John

[Gene Howe]

1 hour ago, HARO50 said:

Took his 'do rag off, did he?

John

Yep. All washed, ironed, folded and in the drawer till next May. Unless it gets hot sooner or, I gotta pose for my Rolling Stone cover photo.

[Stick486]

last Saturday I needed a 9/16" steel twist bit....
found a made in China for 22$ at Ace hardware...
no American made ones to be had....
the third hole chipped (took chunks out of) both cutting edges...
Ace warrantied the bit...
while trying to finishing the third hole the bit split length wise... (stamped bit???)...
Ace warrantied that one and then told me there was no point in taking a third one...

caught up to my supplier today...
Silver and Deming  M7 reduced shank made in USA drill bit...
cost all of $11.50..... plus tax....
and it finished the third hole along with the remaining 17 and seemed no worse for the wear...

I did use my drill press...
I did use cutting oil...
and it was 3/8" brass plate I was trying to drill...

chinese and cheap...
but not inexpensive...

[Larry Schweitzer]

We buy a lot of tooling from European Tooling Systems. They have an on-line catalog. They stock metric bits in several variations. Carbide tipped or solid carbide, thru bore or dowel bit (brad point), several shank types. The bits we use have 10mm shanks to fit the boring block on the router or bore & insert machine. 

For good twist drills try MSC, they have a huge selection, online catalog and very fast delivery. And as usual, do a Google search. 

For my own general purpose use I've got a set of screw machine bits of M2 alloy, very hard but brittle.

[skiler]

I really like these

 

https://www.montanabrandtools.com/collections/x29-bradpoint-drill-bits