Q3: Do you have something you bought in bulk, never expecting to use them all, but ended up buying lots more since?
-
@MakersHour @quixoticgeek Drill bits! Why are they so quickly lost, blunt, broken etc… I break fewer now I have the drill press but still i can ADHD my way through a box of miniature bits far too easily.
#MakersHour@Janet_52square @MakersHour I recently started experimenting with precision drilling on the lathe using 0.5mm and smaller drill bits. You have to accept a certain level of consumable nature to the bits. But with the right tools and care, I'm amazed by what can be drilled.
-
@Janet_52square @MakersHour I recently started experimenting with precision drilling on the lathe using 0.5mm and smaller drill bits. You have to accept a certain level of consumable nature to the bits. But with the right tools and care, I'm amazed by what can be drilled.
@quixoticgeek @MakersHour I have not tried drilling on the lathe - one for the future. I could make 1/12 scale pens…
-
@Janet_52square @quixoticgeek
I find it really annoying that I bought a large set of tiny drills from sub millimeter to 3mm, in 0.2mm increments, and most of then are so badly ground that they drill off centre, or don't drill at all.It is like they were sharpened by hand with an angle grinder! Total waste of money from Axminster Tools.
@MakersHour @quixoticgeek Actually the cheap ones can be ok for centring but they are brittle. So I buy in bulk and just accept their limitations. However I am drilling wood - or FIMO - not metal.
-
Q3: Do you have something you bought in bulk, never expecting to use them all, but ended up buying lots more since? What was it and what do you make with them? #MakersHour
Not really. I don’t have a lot of storage space and my workshop spaces are in heated or covered outdoors so not conducive to storing anything.
-
@MakersHour @quixoticgeek Actually the cheap ones can be ok for centring but they are brittle. So I buy in bulk and just accept their limitations. However I am drilling wood - or FIMO - not metal.
@Janet_52square @quixoticgeek
I like sets like those. I have some for my repair kit.The ones from Axminster were conventional black twist drills, and they were rubbish.
I got some very cheap rubbish ones from China and they were actually better as drills, but not sized accurately.
