It could be possible that the clean cutting was down to its slightly larger diameter for example.Īnd whilst I’m certainly not influenced by being sent this one for free, it really was a pleasant surprise.įirstly it was the most expensive, (though we often get what we pay for.) Now I don’t want to compare this bit directly with the others. It was a wonderfully clean cut, and gave great self-feeding control, which required light downwards pressure. Turning an 8mm bit in an egg beater drill – and it took such little effort. Normally 4mm is approaching the max that you would want to turn.īut this is what shocked me the most with this bit. Of course turning an 8mm drill bit in an egg beater drill is not always fun. It’s worth noting that the Alpen above is also available with a hex shank. It also meant that I could get a larger diameter bit in my chuck.Ħmm is pushing the capacity of this chuck, but with the hex shank, larger diameters fit perfectly. Hand drill chucks can be crap, and so the hex shank stops them from slipping, and the bit will never twist. Something that I immediately liked was the hex shank. The bit sent to us was 8mm diameter – so larger than all others tested, which were 6mm. Star – M Japanese 601 Precision drill bits. The hole itself was great, and it certainly didn’t have that common issue where a drill bit can act as a screw and won’t drill the hole out. It wasn’t enough to a stop or stall the drill, but it was notable and I was becoming a bit weary of it. The only negative here, is I did find that once it bit, it did do that bogging thing. It was very similar to the Alpen, where it needed a little bit of force to get the initial bite. This one again created a beautifully clean hole. Veritas / Lee Valley HSS Lipped Brad Point Bit. It gives you a lot of control, and doesn’t feed too fast. Instead it needed consistant pressure to get it through, and I like that. It didn’t to that thing where when it bites it halts the drill. What I really liked about the Alpen was that you had to apply quite a bit of force to get it to cut, but the force needed remained the same throughout. It didn’t bog the drill down, which is a particular problem that you can find with slow egg beaters. This is definitely the bit that I’d jump to first to buy again. I found it gave a beautifully clean cut, and the exit hole was amongst the best of them. Of the 6mm bits tested, this one came out on top. Don’t worry – it takes more than a drill bit to sway my opinion, but I wanted to be clear about that. Matthew read the post where I was whinging and he sent this one over free of charge. The Star-M was provided by Matthew at Workshop Heaven. Thank you.Ī quick note – all of the drill bits were purchased by us for testing.Īll bar one. These are the bits that I’ll be buying in the future, and have put an end to my hunt. I tested a good handful of bits, but I’m just going to cover my favourites here. Each of the bits in this post produce wonderfully clean holes. The straggly holes are from the best of my previous drill bits. That was until I went through your recommendations.Ĭomparing drill bits. These are the sizes I’m always using for pegged joints and stuff like that.Īnd these commonly used bits also happen to fall on a boundary of ‘do I need to get the bit and brace out, or not’.įor the smaller of these sizes, I’d prefer to use an egg beater, but it’s always been a struggle to get drill bits that are clean cutting at low speeds. I don’t find you need a full set of bits, but there are certain diameters that I’ll use all the time. You can often get away with a shoddy drill bit, and use the speed to whizz it through.īut the low speed in hand powered drills doesn’t give much help with this approach. With smaller diameter drill bits though, I tend to find you’re restricted to what’s at the shop.įor high speed cordless drills this isn’t too bad. I find you can buy old augers for these, and then it’s all about being good at sharpening them. Larger diameter bits, I’ve never had an issue with. My struggle here has always been with small drill bits. We got together all the drill bits that we could from your input, and I put them to the test. When I was moaning about drill bits in the marking knife post, we got plenty of suggestions for bits that you find overcome my problem. So the thing this blog is good for is that someone always has an answer.
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