Where do you buy centering bits?

[Jack Gaskins]

Im looking for a set of those small centering bits you use to make a center starter hole when drilling on your lathe. There in some of the posts but nobody mentions where they got them.

[Jeff Nicol]

Jack, I buy mine from Wholesale tool, they are about the cheapest for machine tools and drill bits of many types. Enco had them also along with many other companies.

Jeff

[John Trax]

I just got a set at Harbor Freight. Have not tried them yet so I can't say what the quality is like.

[Richard Madison]

Also got a set from HF a couple years ago. Seem to work ok.

[Jack Gaskins]

Great, I have both the Harbor Freight store and Wholesale tool store in town so I will check them out.

[Ken Whitney]

I've ordered them from littlemachineshop.com

Ken

[kenneth walker]

They are called center drills. I think Grizzly has them.

[Jack Gaskins]

They are called center drills. I think Grizzly has them.

Thanks, now I know what to google.

[Dan Forman]

Any local machine supply place should have them. They are so handy, I keep one loaded at all times in a spare chuck.

Dan

[Jerome Hanby]

Just got an email, Rockler has a 3-piece set on sale for about 10 bucks.



Im looking for a set of those small centering bits you use to make a center starter hole when drilling on your lathe. There in some of the posts but nobody mentions where they got them.

[Rob Cunningham]

MSC has them too.
http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/N2DRVSH?PACACHE=000000122282032