I have been unable to locate a source for 6" long 1/16" H.S. steel
drill bits. Does anyone have a source for these? I only need these
to drill through cast aluminum at low RPM. Alternatively, if I got
some .062" piano wire could I use my drill bit sharpener to make my
own? Thank you.

I have been unable to locate a source for 6" long 1/16" H.S. steel
drill bits. Does anyone have a source for these? I only need these

I bought 4 inch long bits #50 drillbits from MSC.

"T.C. Mann" wrote:

I have been unable to locate a source for 6" long 1/16" H.S. steel
drill bits. Does anyone have a source for these? I only need these
to drill through cast aluminum at low RPM. Alternatively, if I got
some .062" piano wire could I use my drill bit sharpener to make my
own? Thank you.

Precision Twist Drill shows 6" and 12" aircraft style drills in their
catalogue. MSC or any machinist supply house would be a good bet.

michael

In article , cas@w-
sherwood.ih.lucent.com says...
I have been unable to locate a source for 6" long 1/16" H.S. steel
drill bits. Does anyone have a source for these? I only need these

I bought 4 inch long bits #50 drillbits from MSC.

Here are some 6 inchers.



http://www.biscofl.com/aircraft_drill_bits.htm

"michael" wrote in message
...
"T.C. Mann" wrote:

I have been unable to locate a source for 6" long 1/16" H.S. steel
drill bits. Does anyone have a source for these? I only need these
to drill through cast aluminum at low RPM. Alternatively, if I got
some .062" piano wire could I use my drill bit sharpener to make my
own? Thank you.


The important question is not where to get such drill bits, or how to make
them. Assuming you have the bit, how do you manage to drill a straight hole
with them. That hole will twist and turn like a corkscrew. An EDM would
probably be a better choice.

Boris

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A quick search turned up six choices for 6" long 1/16" bits at MSC.

I've pasted the incredibly long URL of my search below, so maybe you
can jump right to it by pasting in your browser window. The key was
to ask for "aircraft" length, rather than extra long. . .

http://www.mscdirect.com/IWCatSectio...=6&NameVector%
B1%5D.Name=Size&NameVector%5B1%5D.Value=.0625&Name Vector.length=2&View.x.x=121&View.x.y=5

Cheers,

Frank Ford
www.frets.com

(T.C. Mann) wrote in message . com...
I have been unable to locate a source for 6" long 1/16" H.S. steel
drill bits. Does anyone have a source for these? I only need these
to drill through cast aluminum at low RPM. Alternatively, if I got
some .062" piano wire could I use my drill bit sharpener to make my
own? Thank you.

Check any of the major supply houses. I regularly use them in 12"
length. Anyone that carries Cleveland brand bits should have them.

Craig C.

On 7 Jun 2004 07:29:41 -0700, (T.C. Mann) vaguely
proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:
remove ns from my header address to reply via email

I got a HEAP of extra _short_ ones! G

I have been unable to locate a source for 6" long 1/16" H.S. steel
drill bits. Does anyone have a source for these? I only need these
to drill through cast aluminum at low RPM. Alternatively, if I got
some .062" piano wire could I use my drill bit sharpener to make my
own? Thank you.

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them. It's very sad

EDM? Then you have the problem of finding a 6" 1/32" bit to core the 1/16"
electrode!

Tony

"Boris Beizer" wrote in message
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"michael" wrote in message
...
"T.C. Mann" wrote:

I have been unable to locate a source for 6" long 1/16" H.S. steel
drill bits. Does anyone have a source for these? I only need these
to drill through cast aluminum at low RPM. Alternatively, if I got
some .062" piano wire could I use my drill bit sharpener to make my
own? Thank you.


The important question is not where to get such drill bits, or how to make
them. Assuming you have the bit, how do you manage to drill a straight
hole
with them. That hole will twist and turn like a corkscrew. An EDM would
probably be a better choice.

Boris

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Boris Beizer Ph.D. Seminars and Consulting
1232 Glenbrook Road on Software Testing and
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 Quality Assurance

TEL: 215-572-5580
FAX: 215-886-0144
Email bsquare "at" sprintmail.com

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While it is probably not practical for most people on the list, there
are EDM drilling machines that will EDM a .030 hole through 12" of
material. Neat little machines, one portable unit spec's .3mm to 3,,
dia x 350mm deep. They use brass tubing with special guides at the
workpiece entrance similar to the way a gun drill works.
http://www.octec.com.tw/protable_drilling_edm.html
Never used one, but did spec one out for a job once.

Tony wrote:
EDM? Then you have the problem of finding a 6" 1/32" bit to core the 1/16"
electrode!

Tony

"Boris Beizer" wrote in message
hlink.net...

"michael" wrote in message
...

"T.C. Mann" wrote:


I have been unable to locate a source for 6" long 1/16" H.S. steel
drill bits. Does anyone have a source for these? I only need these
to drill through cast aluminum at low RPM. Alternatively, if I got
some .062" piano wire could I use my drill bit sharpener to make my
own? Thank you.

The important question is not where to get such drill bits, or how to make
them. Assuming you have the bit, how do you manage to drill a straight

hole

with them. That hole will twist and turn like a corkscrew. An EDM would
probably be a better choice.

Boris

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Boris Beizer Ph.D. Seminars and Consulting
1232 Glenbrook Road on Software Testing and
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 Quality Assurance

TEL: 215-572-5580
FAX: 215-886-0144
Email bsquare "at" sprintmail.com

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Old Nick wrote:
On 7 Jun 2004 07:29:41 -0700, (T.C. Mann) vaguely
proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:
remove ns from my header address to reply via email

I got a HEAP of extra _short_ ones! G

Thanks but this is RCM so I just make my own all the time . Maybe try
Ebay ? ;-)
Ken Cutt

On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 00:24:03 -0700, Ken Cutt
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:
remove ns from my header address to reply via email

Old Nick wrote:
On 7 Jun 2004 07:29:41 -0700, (T.C. Mann) vaguely
proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:
remove ns from my header address to reply via email

I got a HEAP of extra _short_ ones! G

Thanks but this is RCM so I just make my own all the time . Maybe try
Ebay ? ;-)


Damn!
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Sometimes in a workplace you find snot on the wall of
the toilet cubicles. You feel "What sort of twisted
child would do this?"....the internet seems full of
them. It's very sad

On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 00:24:03 -0700, Ken Cutt
calmly ranted:

Old Nick wrote:
On 7 Jun 2004 07:29:41 -0700, (T.C. Mann) vaguely
proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:
remove ns from my header address to reply via email

I got a HEAP of extra _short_ ones! G

Thanks but this is RCM so I just make my own all the time . Maybe try
Ebay ? ;-)

Superglue?


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On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 15:01:30 -0700, Larry Jaques
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:
remove ns from my header address to reply via email

On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 00:24:03 -0700, Ken Cutt
calmly ranted:

Old Nick wrote:
On 7 Jun 2004 07:29:41 -0700, (T.C. Mann) vaguely
proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:
remove ns from my header address to reply via email

I got a HEAP of extra _short_ ones! G

Thanks but this is RCM so I just make my own all the time . Maybe try
Ebay ? ;-)

Superglue?


Try the woodworking forum if you're going to sell _that_ sort of
shoddy workmanship. They get too hot over here. After about 3 seconds
of drilling they start melting and epoxy's....D'Oh!
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Sometimes in a workplace you find snot on the wall of
the toilet cubicles. You feel "What sort of twisted
child would do this?"....the internet seems full of
them. It's very sad