Decent quality drill bits
- Thread starter Boomerang
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- South wales
Dewalt extreme are my go too ones the pilot bit on the tip of each bit is a god send https://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-extreme-2-hss-drill-bit-set-29pc/20064
Although if you use the same sizes all the time then just buy them individually
Although if you use the same sizes all the time then just buy them individually
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
I really rate Alpen bits.
Shovelhands
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- Location
- Sunny Essex
I mostly buy Bosch drill bits from the local fixing supplier, they have a nice hollow ground tip, and stay sharp for a good while. Buy in boxes of ten on the smaller sizes and boxes of five over 8mm. Or just individuals of odd sizes.
Failing that, I get everything else from MSC Industrial Supply, they do good brands like Dormer, Ruko etc, and often have deals on.
Failing that, I get everything else from MSC Industrial Supply, they do good brands like Dormer, Ruko etc, and often have deals on.
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Dormer ones are good. HMT are very good but very expensive.
Got a similar box of Erbaur bit from screwfix but masonary bits.
By far the best I've ever had and cheap too.
- Location
- Larne, Northern Ireland
Got a set of wurth bits here off amazon and well impressed with them, haven’t broke any, well apart from the few smaller ones the idiot younger brother broke 
- Location
- East Sussex
Worth thinking what you want to drill. I have a buddy known for destroying drills for fun and he splashed out on a set of dormers. I am amazed the abuse they put up with to be honest and wince every time he reaches for one but they are doing ok.
Personally I have bought a drill doctor and scavenge all the old bits thrown in a corner/floor and rough sharpen on a bench grinder and finish on the doctor. Old bits are far better quality than Chinese cheese.
Personally I have bought a drill doctor and scavenge all the old bits thrown in a corner/floor and rough sharpen on a bench grinder and finish on the doctor. Old bits are far better quality than Chinese cheese.
Dewalt extreme for anything bigger than about 6/7mm, rip through metal but can be a bit vicious when they break through, no need for pilot though so saves lots of time if you have lots to do. Due to design can’t be used to make a hole bigger though.
davedb
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- Location
- Staffordshire
The Milwaukee drill bits are quite good seem to keep sharp very well
The only thing extreme about the dewalt bits is how poor they are. Normally use dormer jobber bits but had some sheared off studs to drill out. 10.9 high tensile studs so off down to screwfix for what I thought would do the job. Started with a couple of 5mm drills, drilling slow with oil to lubricate blunted both before drilling 20mm deep. Screwfix very good and refunded with no question. Finished the job with the dormers.
TripleSix
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- Location
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Pleased with my Milwaukee Thunderweb bit set.
On my second set now due to other people using them and either snapping them (not easy to do)
Losing them or burning the end trying to drill stainless too fast.
On my second set now due to other people using them and either snapping them (not easy to do)
Losing them or burning the end trying to drill stainless too fast.
i keep an orsy box of Wurth Hss drills here, i must of bought them ten yrs ago or more and there is 2/3 of them left yet, i bought another box of them a few months ago so i must like them but ive heard others that didnt like them for some reason.
i have Ruko here too and find them a good drill.
i have solid carbide drills here that will drill through the hardest of steels but they aint for a hand drill..
i have Ruko here too and find them a good drill.
i have solid carbide drills here that will drill through the hardest of steels but they aint for a hand drill..
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
Dewalt extreme for me as well. Very good set with plenty of in between sizes not usually provided.
powerfarmer
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- Location
- Cork Ireland
Lidl do a set in a metal box that show up on the special buys occasionally, for the price I find them unbeatable. I have a set I use most days and they perform as good on stainless steel that I usually work with as the Dormer,Presto, Ruko, Garant bits I use as well.
Their hss hole saws are pretty good too.
Their hss hole saws are pretty good too.
