A couple of recommendations from another forum I visit:
Mascot
Gyros
or Kyocera from https://drillbitsunlimited.com/Carbide- ... ?sid=25472
Twist Drills
Re: Twist Drills
Thanks for this timely thread...I need to find some quality bits for installing guitar-string masts on these ship models:
I'm using this small hand-drill:
A decent size-chart to figure out what I need would be helpful. Might just order a few in the #70, #80, and #90 ranges to get acclimated.
Healey
I'm using this small hand-drill:
A decent size-chart to figure out what I need would be helpful. Might just order a few in the #70, #80, and #90 ranges to get acclimated.
Healey
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Re: Twist Drills
healey36 wrote:A decent size-chart to figure out what I need would be helpful.
https://www.kodiakcuttingtools.com/tapanddrillsizes
Might just order a few in the #70, #80, and #90 ranges to get acclimated.
I've never used anything smaller than a #77; I can't see well enough to tell which end is which at that size and I can barely get those or any finer into a pin vise now.
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Re: Twist Drills
Thanks for that. I ordered a pack of #60 and #70...somewhere in that range should do the trick.
Healey
Healey
Re: Twist Drills
Bought some drills made by Dormer. Recommended by a couple of pro's who said these drills would last the rest of my life and cut like a cold wind. Not cheap, but I've learned through the years you get what you pay for and there is not substitute for quality. I've used the #80's for starting a hole and then went to the size I needed, generally in the #75 neighborhood.
BH
BH
Re: Twist Drills
up148 wrote: Not cheap, but I've learned through the years you get what you pay for and there is not substitute for quality.
BH
Especially when it comes to tools! 99.9% of the time, cheap = JUNK.
Years ago I had a cheap set of bits that were tempered so poorly I was able to bend one into a 90 degree angle. I took it along to work and went into the bosses office and handed it to him and said: Do you have any more of these 90 degree bits? He got a look on his face like I'd tapped him with 5 pound ball peen hammer!
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