richp
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Jan 16, 2015 12:41:03 GMT
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I'm hoping people can recommend me a decent but reasonably priced drill bit set that they have experience of using.
I was using the cheap bits that came with my drill at the weekend and the buggers just kept snapping!
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Jan 16, 2015 12:52:12 GMT
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I bought a set of the titanium coated drill bits sold by Lidl. Was so impressed went back and bought another 12 boxes (on offer / reduced to £2.99) I also got one of the electric drill sharpeners - worth the money as takes seconds to put a new edge on a blunted bit.
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Jan 16, 2015 12:53:53 GMT
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I buy bosch ones from the wholesalers i use, get a lot of abuse and stay sharp.
Avoid the dewalt ones, they last about 5 seconds.
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slater
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Recommend me a drill bit setslater
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Jan 16, 2015 15:49:09 GMT
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Dormer do a nice 1-10 set in a cylindrical holder. Good for keeping in the box with your battery drill.
If you buy cheap you will get curse word
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Jan 16, 2015 19:34:56 GMT
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I've used dewalt extreme metal drills for RSJ's and was impressed with them.
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Jan 16, 2015 20:00:30 GMT
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I try to keep to the titanium coated ones too, as they seem to keep a keen edge a bit longer than HSS? The problem with sets is you use particular sizes, so sometimes it's just worth bulking up on the sizes you need : Personally, I'm big on 3.2mm for pop rivets: 6.5mm for clearance on 6mm bolts, 8.5 for clearance on 8.5mm bolts. Maybe metric is too modern for Retro-rides
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Dez
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Recommend me a drill bit setDez
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Jan 16, 2015 20:16:06 GMT
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if you actually resharpen drills, buying titanium coated ones is pointless, as the coating i only microns thick. if you use them til they're blunt then chuck them its fine, but if you do resharpen, a good quality HSS set from a reputable brand like dormer is best.
i also find bosch pretty good, and ive also got some from a brand id previously never heard of called zebra, and they're very good too.
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Jan 16, 2015 20:31:08 GMT
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if you actually resharpen drills, buying titanium coated ones is pointless Puntastic
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Dez
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And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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Recommend me a drill bit setDez
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Jan 16, 2015 20:51:30 GMT
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if you actually resharpen drills, buying titanium coated ones is pointless Puntastic i did wonder if it would go (w)holey unnoticed
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Jan 16, 2015 22:57:46 GMT
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we have the dormer ones at work, last fora good time, and you can resharpen them if you have a decent bench grinder.
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slater
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Recommend me a drill bit setslater
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Jan 17, 2015 14:00:18 GMT
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As Dez says Ti coatings etc are fine if your running a CNC production line where even the slightest wear on your tool means its not fit for purpose but in our world is not really a big benefit.
The only reason it gets put on jobber sets in the first place is because yellow shiny drills sell better to idiots (the public) than black normal ones.
Buy a set of normal jobber drills from a reputable 'brand', not a cheap set of shiny ones from aldi or where ever. If you don't know how to resharpen a drill get teaching yourself asap too. They are designed to be resharpened so if your not your pouring cash down the drain before you have even picked which drills you want to buy!
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Jan 17, 2015 17:28:20 GMT
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and ive also got some from a brand id previously never heard of called zebra, and they're very good too. Zebra are Wurth products aren't they? I've got a 1/2 Zebra from Wurth socket set and its brilliant.
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stealthstylz
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Jan 17, 2015 22:09:17 GMT
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Ive got a couple of the cheap Lidl sets, a good Dormer set and various random sized Dormer bits. Not had an issue with any of them, few snapped bits in the Lidl sets but that's purely through mistreatment. Ive got a Dormer 18mm reduced shank bit that went through 10mm stainless bar opening a 10mm pilot with no issues.
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ruffgeezer
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Jan 18, 2015 11:56:24 GMT
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We've just got a big box set (10 of each size) of Wurth ones in at work, I have been very impressed with them so far.
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Jan 18, 2015 11:59:31 GMT
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dormer for me
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richp
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Jan 18, 2015 13:37:00 GMT
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quadra
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Jan 20, 2015 19:11:15 GMT
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What you could do is, buy a cheaper set of 20 drills and then if you find that you keep breaking a certain size you can replace it with a higher quality drill bit. The problem with buying a big set of drill bits is that you won't necessarily use all of the drill bits but they are handy to have, but the 4mm, 5mm, 6mm,8mm and 10mm will get used a lot.
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Jan 20, 2015 19:57:39 GMT
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I have Bosch ones from B&Q - they were 20 quid for six or seven, but they last for a while drilling solid metal - things like drilling ball joints out. I always spray it with cutting/drilling spray, and let the drill cool down for a few seconds after about five seconds of drilling.
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slomoshun
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Going forward one nut and bolt at a time
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Jan 21, 2015 21:35:42 GMT
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avoid halfrauds so called drill bits / should be called liquorice sticks they are so weak and i had two sets bought me and the whole lot were useless tool station do some good drill bits next time I'm trying bosch and an engineer told me yesterday hitachi drill bits are not good pay more get more i suppose
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Traction and horsepower is nearing perfection
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