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My preferred Drills

Penpal

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I often refer to these drills,for me longevity,sharpness and accuracy, almost nil breakout,I have sets in imperial and metric. Swear by them for all uses.

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Thanks Peter, I might be in the market for a few more drill bits.
Do you have any more info on exactly which bits these are? As Dewalt sell a vast range of different drill bits.
 

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Bucks, they are Dewalt extreme 2 drill bits, available from Screwfix amongst others. Googling will bring up loads of suppliers. They will more than likely be metric, imperial are harder to find here.
 

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Black and Decker have sold these as “Bullet Drills” for over twenty years here in the UK. I bought mine individually from Homebase. They aren’t really needed when drilling on a Lathe though, standard twist drills work fine and are available in a wider range of sizes. Try buying a 10.2 Bullet drill. I bought my Bullet drills as a quick and dirty alternative to using a counterbore.
 

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Agreed, great drills.
I have a metric and an imperial set. I ordered my imperial set from Amazon here in the UK.
They were shipped in from the US. Took just 5 days.

Karl
 

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They sell larger sets as per pic. In this design and drill point.

Peter.
 

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21William

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Would love a quality set of letter drills.:thinks:

Letter and number drill sets are commonly available over here.

Drill Sets

I bought a number drill set years ago very cheaply. I haven't bothered with letter drill though as I have quite a lot of drill bits from about 8 to 13mm in mostly .1mm steps. If I need to fill a gap I just buy the bit I need. I’ve found eBay a good source for quality bits in .1mm steps.
 
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