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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Hints and Tips/Questions about modeling => Topic started by: Dekenba on May 29, 2012, 02:42:51 AM
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I got fed up with snapping drill bits, so I bought a set of resharpened micro carbide bits on EBay.
What an enormous difference. They are very, very strong, sharp and have a little weight to them, being mounted on a 1/8 inch shank.
They bite very quickly on brass tubing and go through plastic like fun - exactly what I was looking for.
I got a set of 50 - varying from 0.30mm up to 0.65mm, with 5 of each - for around £20, in a snazzy box as well. I'd estimate that they will last pretty much as long as I will!
Highly recommended.
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Thanks for the tip my friend. I'll have to look for those.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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I've been getting mine on-line through www.DrillBitsUnlimited.com. Very reasonable prices, great service, and tremendous assortment. The smaller ones tend to snap if you are not careful but using them as a hand drill with the 1/8 inch shank minimises breakage. These are slightly used from the comms/aviation Industries. Highly recommended.
Cheers,
Lance
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Lance,
Thanks for the link my old friend. Placing an order shortly.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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.30 - whats that in the numbering system? - like #80 etc - I never keep that stuff straight.
Steve
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Here you go Steve, this might help.
Des.
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ahh thankyou and thanks for the drillbit link. Mine are on their last legs
Steve
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Steve,
The vendor sells them in combo paks or by size in 'bunches". (of 10 as I recall) I personally started with a 50 bit combo pak however quickly discovered that I use mostly # 78's down to #70's, mostly the high end. I'm pretty hard on them thus buying a certain size/No. in "10 paks" not unlike #11 blades that I go thru in bunches makes sense. For 1:48 AND 1:32 Scales I think you'll find that the same sizes will be your "normal".
Cheers,
Lance
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Ordered mine from drill-bits on EBay, an American trader.
Arrived very quickly. In fact, he sent the wrong set initially, so I had a set of 50 bits, all different sizes, ranging from 0.03mm up to 1.50mm. E-mailed him the error, told me to keep those and he sent to ones I ordered as well - so I ended up with 100 bits of all sorts of sizes.
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harbor freight in the u.s.a. sells assorted sets of these 1/8" shank micro drills for $6 for 20 the smallest size ive fouind is #85, i love them, i have one pin vice with the 1/8" mandrel ready to go for these bits.
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here is a link
http://www.harborfreight.com/20-piece-solid-carbide-micro-bit-grab-bag-44924.html
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I'm now down to 49 drill bits!
I dropped all 50 bits onto a concrete floor. They all survived the drop, but one was unable to survive my clumsy foot.
Hence why I ordered so many to begin with.
Idiot.
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Ordered from Drillbits. Free shipping to Canada. $34 for 44 bits- 3 variety pks 2 each of 80 83 87 92 96/pk and 6-#78's, 4-#74's and 4-#70's . How can I go wrong? The super small ones will get only some use but I will certainly re-order the bigger 70-78's again. Thanx guys!!!!!
Steve
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I've been getting mine on-line through www.DrillBitsUnlimited.com. Very reasonable prices, great service, and tremendous assortment. The smaller ones tend to snap if you are not careful but using them as a hand drill with the 1/8 inch shank minimises breakage. These are slightly used from the comms/aviation Industries. Highly recommended.
Cheers,
Lance
I ordered my set today: last day for special pricing, I found out when I visited their website. Thx for the lead, Lance! ;)
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Thanks for the link Lance, I took advantage of their custom drill sets and ordered a bunch of 0.3mm, 0.35mm and 0.4mm drill bits, they even gave me a $7.00 discount during checkout, postage is a little high but for first class international air frieght I suppose $19 aint bad from America to Australia.
Des.
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Got mine a few days back. Great service, great box they're stored in and you cant beat the price!!!!!
Steve
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Yes! I got mine too!
Great service (a little slow to cross the pond, but understandable!).
The drills a re grest, very sharp... Thank you for pointing us there Lance!
Ciao
Edo
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Still waiting for my order, but I expect that it will land some time this week. :)
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Make room for me on the bandwagon too as I've just placed an order for 0.35 and 0.30 x 10 pce sets.
Cheers,
Chris
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Gary - Im guessing today or tomorrow - the 4th holiday may throw that off a bit.
Steve
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Gary - Im guessing today or tomorrow - the 4th holiday may throw that off a bit.
Steve
I hope so, Steve. It's getting g..d.. difficult to type these postings with my fingers crossed! ;D
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My set was waiting when I got home from vacation. Very nice, and yes, they are brittle! I managed to break one (.250mm) on the very first test hole :-)
d'oh! :o
However good news is even a broken one still drills a very nice, very teeny hole (in styrene, anyway) when chucked in a Dremel. :)
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Holy Crap you Guys! I should demand a "commision"! Glad everyone likes them, and yes, I too use the broken ones, most work quite well.
Cheers,
Lance :)
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k.....did a reorder on my common #'s 50 of each....$9.99/50 how can I refuse?
so your commision would be about 97 cents...but if you insist ;)
Steve
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Hallelujah Buffalo Bob! Mine arrived today and they're first rate all 'round! Took me an hour and a half to figure out the Rubik's Cube of a box, but when I did I was really impressed. Drop that box on the floor and all who sail in her will be safe as taxes. One thing that I never considered was whether or not they'd fit my manual drill holder as well as the Dremel: they do, so I'm set with Dremel and small pin vise. No excuses now for messing up that gun barrel muzzle. Crypes, you could probably do the bore rifling with these things! ;D
Thanks for the lead, Lance. Ya done real good, mate!! 8)
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Well, my order arrived today, a week from America to here (Australia) is pretty good. I started with an initial order of 35 drill bits just to try them out, I will now be placing a larger order of my most commonly used bits, they are excellent and at a great price.
Des.
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Has anyone visited the Drillbits Unlimited website recently? I went there yesterday and it seems as if it's been totally reworked to be more of a guide to other drill websites than one from which you can buy their sets. Anyone got a new web address for them? If not I'll probably try their email addy to get an update. ???
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Gary,
Not good, I was about to place an order. I tried their site and got the same results as did you. I don't have the EMail address, please advise what you learn. I'd sure hate to lose this source!
Cheers,
Lance :(
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Lance,
My email is down right now at the server location, and I have four emails in line for delivery. One of them might be the answer, and I'll post the response as soon as it arrives (given that this is Sunday!). The email addy that I used is [email protected], taken from the business card that came with my earlier order. Yours to try, in case my IPS doesn't get up and running soon.
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I just went to the drillbitsunlimited website and had no problems logging on, it is the same site as I used when I ordered my first lot of drill bits.
Des.
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I just went to the drillbitsunlimited website and had no problems logging on, it is the same site as I used when I ordered my first lot of drill bits.
Des.
Des, thx. Please post the website address you used.
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www.drillbitsunlimited.com I used google search.
Des.
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Thanks Des, it worked. I had tried it on Google earlier as well as "Bing" to no success. This is great news!
Cheers,
Lance ;)
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I just tried out their bits yesterday for the first time and am I ever impressed with the cutting speed together with the fact that I don't need to fiddle around chucking the bit in a pin vice. I'm sold on them.
Cheers,
Chris
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I got a message from Jason Gale of Drill Bits Unlimited. He says, in part, "Hello, There was a site disruption that has been fixed." I'm on site with no problem now, so whatever the trouble was, it ain't no more! ;) ;D
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I just tried out their bits yesterday for the first time and am I ever impressed with the cutting speed together with the fact that I don't need to fiddle around chucking the bit in a pin vice. I'm sold on them.
Cheers,
Chris
Altho I tend to break a lot of them I am still a great fan of their product. I suspect the fact that I'm using a very fine size (#80 or 83 in most cases) and a large measure of "operator error/clumsiness" is the real reason for breakage!
Glad we've found Jason again!
Cheers
Lance ;)
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"...together with the fact that I don't need to fiddle around chucking the bit in a pin vice."
Cheers,
Chris
OK, Chris, I give up. If you're not using a pin vice, just what are you using?? I can always use a new idea! 8)
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Gary,
I use them "hands free" most of the time as it reduces the bending moment of an extension such as a pin vice. I do chuck the thicker ones for heavier work though. Bet Chris is the same..... ;)
Cheers,
Lance
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Like Chris and Lance, I use the drill bits "hands free" as well, I find that I have a much better feel of the drill bit when I spin it between my fingers, it takes little flexing to break these bits so extra care is needed when using them. Any size above 0.5mm I use in a pin vice, these larger bits are quite a bit stronger and are not prone to break as easily, but, as said before, they are excellent drill bits, very sharp and very accurate in size.
Des.
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"If you stop learning, you are dead." Guess I'm still alive: thx for the idea to Des, Lance and Chris. I'm obviously too attached to my pin vise! ;D