Hi all;

I need to buy 15 - 20 twist drill bits, the odd sizes that don't come
in sets (9/64, 5/32, &tc.). I don;t need anything fancy, just the
usual HSS, general purpose bits.

Anybody got a good source for such?

-Zz

"Zz Yzx" wrote in message
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Hi all;

I need to buy 15 - 20 twist drill bits, the odd sizes that don't come
in sets (9/64, 5/32, &tc.). I don;t need anything fancy, just the
usual HSS, general purpose bits.

Anybody got a good source for such?

-Zz

Actually the sizes you mentioned are pretty common in most drill sets.

So I would say you can look most any where???

I bought an inexpensive Hitachi set, tripple hardened, a couple of years
ago from Lowe's that included,

1/16, 5/64, 3/32, 7/64, 1/8, 9/64, 5/32, 3/16, 7/32, 1/4, 5/16, 3/8

I did not need the set but they were just too cheap to pass up for $5.

Leon wrote:
"Zz Yzx" wrote in message
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Hi all;

I need to buy 15 - 20 twist drill bits, the odd sizes that don't come
in sets (9/64, 5/32, &tc.). I don;t need anything fancy, just the
usual HSS, general purpose bits.

Anybody got a good source for such?

-Zz

Actually the sizes you mentioned are pretty common in most drill sets.

So I would say you can look most any where???

I bought an inexpensive Hitachi set, tripple hardened, a couple of years
ago from Lowe's that included,

1/16, 5/64, 3/32, 7/64, 1/8, 9/64, 5/32, 3/16, 7/32, 1/4, 5/16, 3/8

I did not need the set but they were just too cheap to pass up for $5.


And, unless you need multiple of the same size, it's probably cheaper to
buy set that includes what you want rather than by individual bits.

There's everything from the Harbor Freight type to all US for the range
of prices (and commensurate quality to go with). Some (dare I say most)
of the imports are, ime, decent enough from a sharpness standpoint but
they get the hardness at the expense of being very brittle.

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On 2010-07-04, Leon wrote:

I bought an inexpensive Hitachi set, tripple hardened.....

If you are going to drill wood only, triple hardened, chrome vanadium,
and other cheap drill nonsense is probably OK. If drilling metal is
anywhere in the scheme of things, they will become junk in mere
seconds. Drills labeled HSS (high speed steel) are the minimum
requirement for drilling metal. Spend the money and do it right.

nb

"Zz Yzx" wrote in message
...
Hi all;

I need to buy 15 - 20 twist drill bits, the odd sizes that don't come
in sets (9/64, 5/32, &tc.). I don;t need anything fancy, just the
usual HSS, general purpose bits.

Anybody got a good source for such?

-Zz

Any industrial supply house will have them. As will McMaster, Grainger,
etc.

"Zz Yzx" wrote in message
...
Hi all;

I need to buy 15 - 20 twist drill bits, the odd sizes that don't come
in sets (9/64, 5/32, &tc.). I don;t need anything fancy, just the
usual HSS, general purpose bits.

Anybody got a good source for such?


I buy individual bits from these folks, as needed, while ordering other
items.

http://www.brownells.com/Default.aspx


These are useful...

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=6...REPAIR_PIN_KIT

John

On Jul 4, 10:47*am, Zz Yzx wrote:

I need to buy 15 - 20 twist drill bits, the odd sizes that don't come
in sets (9/64, 5/32, &tc.).

Places like www.use-enco.com can fill odd orders. You can
also get sets (#1-#60 is a very useful set of small twist drills, if
you don't already have those).

If you can find a local hardware store that actually has this
kind of thing in stock, give them your business. I like
Hardwick's, in Seattle.

"notbob" wrote in message
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On 2010-07-04, Leon wrote:

I bought an inexpensive Hitachi set, tripple hardened.....

If you are going to drill wood only, triple hardened, chrome vanadium,
and other cheap drill nonsense is probably OK. If drilling metal is
anywhere in the scheme of things, they will become junk in mere
seconds. Drills labeled HSS (high speed steel) are the minimum
requirement for drilling metal. Spend the money and do it right.

nb

The point I was really trying to make was that the sizes that he OP wants
are not big deal to find, they even come in cheap sets.