Micro Carbide Drill Bits

[Dekenba]

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.

 

[GAJouette]

  Thanks for the tip my friend. I'll have to look for those.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[lcarroll]

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

[GAJouette]

     Lance,
Thanks for the link my old friend. Placing an order shortly.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[pepperman42]

.30 - whats that in the numbering system? - like #80 etc - I never keep that stuff straight.

Steve

[Des]

Here you go Steve, this might help.

Des.

[pepperman42]

ahh thankyou and thanks for the drillbit link. Mine are on their last legs

Steve

[lcarroll]

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

[Dekenba]

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.

[ALBATROS1234]

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.

[ALBATROS1234]

here is a link


http://www.harborfreight.com/20-piece-solid-carbide-micro-bit-grab-bag-44924.html

[Dekenba]

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.

[pepperman42]

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

[Trackpad]

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! 

[Des]

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.