Drill bits

[JimM]

I'm after a 1.00 - 6.00mm drill bit set in 0.1mm increments, these would appear to normally cost around £25 but none of the usual suspects have any in stock (Chronos, ARC, RDG)

Done a quick search on the web but the only other sets that seem to come up are Dormer A002 sets at £75ish, I know Dormer drills are good but are they 3 times as good ?

Anyone got any opinions on the cheaper sets and suggestions of where else to try or am I going to be better off to just bite the bullet and get the Dormer set

Thanks

Jim

[Bluechip]

Jim

A couple of years ago, I got a set of Imperial 1/16" to 1/2" by 64ths from Axminster.

Very good for the price £30 ish.

EDIT link:
http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-50-piece-hss-ground-drill-bit-set-prod816482/

EDIT 2 ... OOS !!!  

EDIT 3 .. Have another go !!!! I get these in tapping sizes. About 35p a pop. Never had any complaints. Have broke some, but then I've broken Dormer-SKF too.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-packs-of-5-ground-hss-drill-bits-prod20559/




Not looked, but maybe Axminster have a metric set ?? Would think so ... I have often had individual metric drill bits from them, by 0.1 mm, not expensive but far better than some of the crap.

 


Dave BC

[JohnC]

Hi,

Tracy tools have a set at £20 here:

http://www.tracytools.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=44

No connection etc

John

[picclock]

Hi JimM

Arc don't do sets as such but they do supply individual twinstart HSS with cobalt drills. If you need a particular size in a hurry pop round and scrounge. The Arc twinstart drills are the best drills I've ever used, and I have a set of Dormer.

A while back I needed to drill some accurate holes on the lathe with the tailstock. I realigned the tailstock until its accuracy was beyond question, used all the different drill types I could lay my hands on. I mean, it's just a hole how hard could it be. As soon as I used one of these drills it all fell into place - so much so that I won't use any others now.

Hope this helps

Best Regards

picclock

[jim]

i've had a couple of them cheap sets, got mine Chronos, to honest they were rubbish, best set i've had is a set of cobolt ones at £55 ish from toolstation

[udimet]

JimM,
              I think you will find the reason brands such as Dormer are more expensive is the fact that they are used for production engineering and will last a lot longer in a production environment than the cheaper brands that are usually offered to hobbyists. That's not to knock the cheaper brands, it's just to impress that they are not suited to heavy day to day use.
Without doubt the best drills that i've used has to be either Guhring or Titex certainly a lot more expensive than the standard Hobby type drills and a good bit more expensive than Dormer but they are designed and manufactured for long life. So in your case, the Dormer would be worth the extra[you will get far longer usage from them than the cheaper ones] but Guhring and certainly the Titex would be a bit of overkill.
                                                                                                                  Regards,
                                                                                                             Udimet.

[krv3000]

hi hav you tryde cromwel

[krv3000]

HI just had a look at cromwell a set by senator is £26.23   and a set by sherwood is £47.04

[picclock]

@ krv3000

I've got some sherwood drills, they are among the best of the others. Still not as good as the Arc ones though.

picclock

[JimM]

Hi everyone

Thanks for all the replies, as I obviously won't need the full range of sizes immediately and as Picclock recommends the ARC split points so highly I'll think I'm just going to grab a couple of those in the sizes I need for the minute. When the cheapy sets come back into stock I'll pick one of those up then -  the storage box will be useful even if the bits themselves are not top quality!

Thanks again to all for the input

Jim