I need to get my hands on some acceptable metric drill bits. I only have an imperial titanium-nitride set by DeWalt. Where can I find them?
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I need to get my hands on some acceptable metric drill bits. I only have an imperial titanium-nitride set by DeWalt. Where can I find them?
Shops.
>acceptable
just buy good ones and never worry again
look up norseman drills on amazon
Master the dark arts of sharpening
This. Unless they're such shit that you they can't even be used out of the box, sharpening will at least teach how to identify a long lasting bit producer.
why would you need metric, drill bits dont need to be exact like drivers, sockets, wrenches, etc.
some people cant afford a bit set with every in between size
They do for precise work but that also really needs reamers because twist drills do not produce round holes.
OP should buy cobalt alloy bits in five or ten packs of the sizes actually needed. Drill indexes just encourage using the wrong size and unless you have a no-shit home machine shop you don't need one. I do and don't really need one.
Also buy some "center drill" bits, a prick punch and center punch, then read up on manual layout which is easy to learn and how all layout was done in the classic weapon era.
OP should study home machinist and professional machinist forums because gunsmithing is a lesser form of machine shop work which is why the best practices are often omitted. Get a machine shop texbook (old and downloaded is fine) and watch some mrpete and Abom videos among others.
>metric
You poor deluded fool.
I need it for this.
>I need it for this.
You poor deluded, injured fool.
>cant afford a 40 dollar set of bits
ngmi
Go sutton or bordo, everything else is absolute garbage. As for where to get them, you need to find a distributor or wholesaler that sells to tradesmen, not home depot or the like, they will frick you in the ass on price and everythings on back order when you need it, if you're incapable of using a computer then go to a corner store in an industrial estate and ask. Also forget about coatings, TN is for wood elves, does frick all in any other materials, maybe go cobalt if you're hand drilling a lot of stainless but otherwise plain HSS will last forever and cut all non hardened steels without the meme coating premium.
I bought these for work and they are godly. I've put them through plenty of steel beams, strut, studs, and metal boxes. Close to a year with near daily use and they are still going strong.
Whoops, forgot the image.
Too bad that they look gay.
I can recommend the Cobalt line (M45 or something) from "Drillforce" very much. They sell on Aliexpress. Every drill bit I got from there was well sharpened and had no trouble with stainless steel.
>imperial
WTF is that?
Did you mean Fractional or Standard?
>WTF is that?
>Did you mean Fractional or Standard?
So you know what he meant, then.
In bong land Addax (yellow tin) are great value for the cost. Cobalt alloy so they can do stainless. There not far behind presto or dormer in quality
>Where can I find them?
Twenty years in the past.