Brad point drill bit set

[Bryan Cramer]

My current twist drill bits aren't going to cut it on my next project. Wood Magazine recomends the Wood Stock Internatioal 25 piece set. Is this set any good? I can't afford the Lee Valley set because my budget is in the 30 to 40 dollar range. Do you have any other suggestions? I know I will get what I pay for, but a middle of the road set will be better than current my twist drill bits in wood.

Thanks

[David Hostetler]

LOML gave me the Steelex 27 piece set for Christmas, I haven't had much chance to use it yet, but what I have used cuts nice and clean...

[Dan Hintz]

The set from Woodcraft? I recently ordered 4 sets, 2 of the twists and 2 of the brads, then split them evenly between the four of us in DAMP. No complaints about them so far.

[Van Huskey]

Let me suggest a different route. I suggest you buy a very high quality 7pc set which if you are like most woodworkers will cover 90% of your needs, then make up the odd sizes with a cheap set. The quality of the holes with excellent bits is amazing compared to the cheap ones. I recommend Forest City, they are US made, short of that the Colt 5 stars made in Germany. https://www.forestcitytool.biz/products_bitdata.asp?mode=viewbitdata&section_id=1&bit_id=45&cat_id=4

I think Highland woodworking sells the Forrest set and maybe individual bits as well. I am a sucker for quality tooling, the best machines in the world can't overcome poor tooling.

[Erik France]

I've been pretty pleased with the 25 piece set I got from MLCS a couple years ago. http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/pages/drlbrad.html