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Default Any good use of carbide PCB drills

On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 21:18:52 -0500, Ignoramus17939
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I am parting out a PCB drilling CNC machine. Inside of it, there is a
good pile of a few lbs of carbide "PCB Drills". These are tiny drills
and perhaps end mills, with what looks like 1/8" shanks.

I wonder if there is any non-PCB use for them. I do realize that these
carbide drills can only be used in CNC equipment, and I have a CNC
milling machine. Trying to think of any good use cases but can't.


Crafters and woodcarvers love them. They fit well in Dremels an other
small high speed flex-shaft handsets like Foredom. I got a bunch from
Gunner about a decade ago (carbide or HSS?), but they seem to eat
anything.

eBay sells new carbide 1/8" end mills for a buck, delivered.

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