I drill pilot hole for screws and nails.  Often I need something below 7/64" and sometimes under 1/16"

 

I break them on a power drill.  I break them with my Miller falls #5.

I've tried pin vices. archimedian jewelers drills and small push drills.  The take too long and the push type sometimes breaks the bits too.

I have a #41 Yankee push but it only goes down to 1/16" and the hole can end up "woobly".

 

I was looking for a tiny egg beater drill and heard about surgical drills.  Most of them are $$$.  I finally found one under $20 on ebay.

It looks like the Fiskars drill.  It came in a sealed plastic envelope, like the hospitals use after sterilizing things.

 

I just used it to drill a bunch of 3/32" holes and it worked as well as the MF for larger bits.

All my other drills are packed away in case I want to torture myself.  Best $20 tool ever.

Thanks!

Thanks for the info, and welcome aboard Tom.  Glad to have you here and contributing.  Looks like our Mass. chapter is growing

I have a micro chuck to hold the very small bits. Got it from an estate but it has a name on the package

18 hours ago, tbuskey said:

It looks like the Fiskars drill. 

Does it EVER! I have the Fiskars version, but really haven;t used it much, other than to make sure it works. Will have to try it out on a small box currently in the works!

The light weight really helps with breakage.  The chuck can handle the tiny bits my archimedian drill did too.

 

  Let us know how the Fiskars works.

I've been needing (wanting, maybe) a pin vise for the small drills and tricky holes. Maybe I should get one of these instead.

I have a Fiskars. Got it in an auction box of stuff.  Hardly ever use it but have.  Operates quite smoothly.

 

I've never seen these so thanks to those posting. I'll pick one up...could be useful to me on occasion.