graygun
Hunter
https://www.inspiredhousehold.com/products/multifunctional-drill-bits?variant=34015490408588
Super Drilll Bits ?
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My experience has been that you get what you pay for...
Pat-inCO
Hawkeye
And?graygun said:
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Is the title of the post that cryptic to you?Pat-inCO said:
Why do so many here just come to see what they can catch others doing?
Buy cheap tools and get cheap results. My last set of number drill bits cost over $190.00.
In the trades, having drilled thousands of holes in every material imaginable, there is no free ride.
For one time use, and/or on soft material, these might be okay, but to me they are not worth trying.
Harbor Freight also sells inexpensive drill bit sets. In a nutshell, they are junk. But I keep a set on hand, just for drilling wood.
For one time use, and/or on soft material, these might be okay, but to me they are not worth trying.
Harbor Freight also sells inexpensive drill bit sets. In a nutshell, they are junk. But I keep a set on hand, just for drilling wood.
I actually have a set of some bits like that for drilling into tile with out hopefully cracking it but have not tried them yet.
when drilling into metal beside getting what you pay for the secret is slow and don't over heat the bit.
Masonry is often a pain... and I use a lot of carbide impact bits and go through them a lot.... for what I usually drill into I have to use both a carbide bit and a hammer drill.
40 years ago working on the added bed room in our home I was pre-drilling holes in the hardwood flooring I was putting in and broke a bit... late on a Friday night and I actually went to the grocery store and bought a pack of drill bits.... came home and tried to drill a hole with one of them... the bit actually bent and came out of the hole crooked. That 13 piece set is some where in the woods across from our house... it was a pleasure to just walk out and throw them as far as I could.
when drilling into metal beside getting what you pay for the secret is slow and don't over heat the bit.
Masonry is often a pain... and I use a lot of carbide impact bits and go through them a lot.... for what I usually drill into I have to use both a carbide bit and a hammer drill.
40 years ago working on the added bed room in our home I was pre-drilling holes in the hardwood flooring I was putting in and broke a bit... late on a Friday night and I actually went to the grocery store and bought a pack of drill bits.... came home and tried to drill a hole with one of them... the bit actually bent and came out of the hole crooked. That 13 piece set is some where in the woods across from our house... it was a pleasure to just walk out and throw them as far as I could.
bobski
Hunter
heck, im still using drill bits my dad had 50 years ago. he even has a machine to sharpen them.
bobski said:
Therein lies a big part of the solution... tools from prior to junk Chinese tools flooding the market.
These folks (among others) make great bits:
https://www.americanmadesales.net/
They also like an educated consumer:
https://www.americanmadesales.net/drill-bit-information
Starrett used to be a good professional-grade brand, but my Starrett bits were my Dad’s. Being a young feller, they’re only about forty years old.
Tools are often like guns- buy once, cry once. Or be forever frustrated...
I was there when my Dad was drilling in steel with a Chinese bit. The bit jumped, drilled right through his thumbnail, and out the other side.
Got his attention right away, as he used to say.
NikA
Hunter
Nice sharp carbide tipped drill bits are great for cutting though hard metals. However, if you don't have a rigid setup (at least a drill press with a stationary vise), you will trash them almost instantly with any real drilling. The carbide-tipped bits for cutting masonry/concrete rely on impact abrasion and are a consumable.
M42 tool steel bits are also great. Norseman is a brand I've heard good things about; think they might even be made in USA. My "good" set is M42 from DrillHog, don't think they're all made in USA but they have been good about the warranty. Had a couple that were over-hardened/not properly tempered and just snapped right off by splitting the web of a fairly large bit (>3/8").
M42 tool steel bits are also great. Norseman is a brand I've heard good things about; think they might even be made in USA. My "good" set is M42 from DrillHog, don't think they're all made in USA but they have been good about the warranty. Had a couple that were over-hardened/not properly tempered and just snapped right off by splitting the web of a fairly large bit (>3/8").
Heck I used to sharpen my "worn out" bits. When using a drill it is all about material and its thickness, lubrication, speed and pressure, and of course the right type of bit and tip angle. I don't care what the bit is made of, you can still burn it up. Just my opinion of course......
powder smoke
Hawkeye
Cutting oil helps big time! ps
For my diy home-noncommercial usage, I use any junky drill bits I can buy for next to nothing. I buy them as cheap as possible, and drill away.... wood/steel... whatever. If it doesn't go thru, I throw it back in the box and pick-out another one and try again. For the amount and purpose of the drilling that I do, it doesn't pay to pay.... :-)))) Yes, I have a cheapo China made drill press and always use my can of oil (wherever THAT came from)... :-))) If I have something 'special' to drill, I bring it to my friend's house. p.s., from the OP's title, I knew exactly what he was referring his link to.
IMHO as always,
J
IMHO as always,
J
I have some similar that I bought at the County Fair many years ago, except they don't have the orange coating. They worked great at the fair demonstration. They suck in actual use except on masonry.
