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Imperial drill bits

webby962

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Quick question peeps :-)
I'm think of having a bash at the TM Omegas, but wondered where to get the 15/32" and 25/64" drill bits from (of a decent quality too). They seem to be like hens teeth!
Any ideas to save me from hours of googling?

Adie
 

Buckeye

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Doesn't Dan do them?

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This week on sale here I bought a set of DeWalt Extreme (drill point then flats) my idea of perfection.As a special they were 99 of our AU dollars the drills are metric 1 mm to 13 mm with .5 increments . Do the sums cheap as. Then using a metal drill guage I fit the nearest drill to the brass sleeves, works for me. Made in America drills.

This applies to Imperial drills. Or buy the individual drills from where Mark said. Using their 7mm drills I get in the hundreds of drillings from each drill have done for so long now.

Peter.
 

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This week on sale here I bought a set of DeWalt Extreme (drill point then flats) my idea of perfection.As a special they were 99 of our AU dollars the drills are metric 1 mm to 13 mm with .5 increments . Do the sums cheap as. Then using a metal drill guage I fit the nearest drill to the brass sleeves, works for me. Made in America drills.

This applies to Imperial drills. Or buy the individual drills from where Mark said. Using their 7mm drills I get in the hundreds of drillings from each drill have done for so long now.

Peter.

I thought DeWalt Extreme were German, my metric set is?.
 

Ratty

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I use Colt from turners retreat - cost a packet but cut like a hot knife in butter.
Had issues with judder using normal HSS but then I have a crap drill press. Need to get a chuck for my lathe.

Dave
 
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