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#1 UKdrills

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:19 pm
by Nick
I have used these for three orders now, great service in each case.

http://www.ukdrills.com/

#2

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:22 pm
by pre65
Loads of people use them for a bit. :wink:

#3

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:30 pm
by Dave the bass
pre65 wrote:Loads of people use them for a bit. :wink:
VG.

ISWYDT.

DTB

#4

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:31 pm
by floppybootstomp
Have bookmarked them :snorting:

I use a fair few of them 6mm SDS bits.

#5

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 4:43 pm
by Mike H
Ditto.


Well the first bit.


SWIDT


 

#6

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:25 pm
by simon
Question for those who know their bits (stoppit!) What's the difference between the different bit types? HSS, HSS Ground, titanium coated, cobalt? Presumably the more expensive the better.

But my cheap set from some DIY shed or other which has titanium coating seems to have gone blunt much quicker than my dad's set of engineering bits he's had for many years. Do they just not make them the same anymore, or are they so cheap just chuck 'em when they're blunt?

#7

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:43 pm
by Mike H
Yeah once I got one of these special deal everything in it kits for peanuts, it's shite, like tried one of the wood bits, there was so much friction versus any actual cutting the wood caught fire! :shock:



 

#8

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:01 am
by Bizzie
simon wrote:Question for those who know their bits (stoppit!) What's the difference between the different bit types? HSS, HSS Ground, titanium coated, cobalt? Presumably the more expensive the better.

But my cheap set from some DIY shed or other which has titanium coating seems to have gone blunt much quicker than my dad's set of engineering bits he's had for many years. Do they just not make them the same anymore, or are they so cheap just chuck 'em when they're blunt?
HSS "high speed steel" good engineering metalworking drill but can be used for wood plastic etc, not sure about HSS ground maybe more accurate? cobalt is really hard and tough will drill through harder steels such as stainless, I've used one to drill out a high tensile bolt that a HSS drill wouldn't touch and it didn't blunten it at all expensive though (one 7mm drill cost me £6) but should last a lifetime if treated properly

#9

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:50 am
by Ali Tait
Yes cobalt drills are great for stainless but not cheap.Basically,you get what you pay for.Don't buy cheap sets that claim to go through anything.They don't.It's worth paying the extra IMO,will save you money in the long run.

#10

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:37 pm
by simon
Thanks chaps. So a 19 bit HSS drill set for £7.54 might be false economy? An equivalent cobalt set is £23.49, which is nearly 4 of the cheap sets. You pays yer money and makes yer choice I guess?

#11

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:39 pm
by Dave the bass
All this drill-talk in't arf boring.


DTB

#12

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:46 pm
by simon
You don't love it to bits then?

#13

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:52 pm
by Dave the bass
I don't see the point.

DTB

#14

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 1:05 pm
by Nick
simon wrote:Thanks chaps. So a 19 bit HSS drill set for £7.54 might be false economy? An equivalent cobalt set is £23.49, which is nearly 4 of the cheap sets. You pays yer money and makes yer choice I guess?
I don't know for certain, but I think how they are used affects life as well. I know when I can use my cheap drill stand it cuts a lot nicer and I suspect does less damage to the bit than when I have to use a hand drill.

#15

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 1:29 pm
by Bizzie
The use of a cutting fluid will help any cutting edge last longer and improve the quality of cut even if its just a squirt of 3 in 1 although there are some proper cutting fluids available cheap if you do a lot of this type of work.