Looking forward to trying them out.
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Looking forward to trying them out.
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no issues with Lee Valley they have worked well, have a few others brands as well. Before that always just ground my own from a regular drill noy and still do from to time time, on a good day they are excellent.
yeah Rod its a weird world but for 100 other reasons :)
Bosch brad point drill bits - probably not the best of the world but very good quality and you do not sell a kidney to purchase them. I bought mine from either Germany or Brazil (all of them metric but they offer also SAE)... I believe they are made in Swiss.
Norseman makes brad points, just not large sets. High quality and made in USA.
https://www.holbren.com/bradpoint-drill-bits/
FWIW the Lee Valley set uses US made bits. (LINK) I cant remember which company makes them, but its a common/popular brand.
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Starting with a top-of-the-line American-made twist drill, we reshape and sharpen the tips on a state-of-the-art Swiss CNC grinder. Made from high-speed steel, the bits are not subject to burning, and stay sharp about 10 times as long as carbon steel bits.
The polished flutes give superior chip clearance, and the sharply defined lips have a slight negative rake angle on the lip tips to score the hole perimeter for clean entry and smooth sidewalls. Equally important, these bits are extremely accurate in diameter.
I tried a 3/8 when I got home. I sunk a hole in a maple plank I use for drill press backup. The hole was crisp and the sides were very smooth. It measured .378”. I can live with .003 oversize. ;)
THANKS for posting this.
NOT in the catalog I keep that is a year or two old. They are in the new catalog so must be a recent addition. Don't have a full set of sizes. A set to 1/2" is only 14 sizes. Larger sizes not in 1/64" steps, not even in 1/32" steps. However these appear to be made on their Super Premium blanks, which probably means they are better material that all the other brad points mentioned. Of course, they will be a bit harder to sharpen. BUT at the price and if they stay sharp long enough, these could be incredibly good.