Simon Reid Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Where can I buy a set of drills as described in Alex Whittaker's article on R/C Technique in the March issue. The drills are 0.1mm to 6.0mm in .01mm increments. The only ones I've found on the internet cost over £90!! Alex says a good ground German set can be had for about a tenner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 SimonHave a look at www.expotools.com they may have something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Reid Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 David, Thanks for that. It is a good starting place, might have to buy them individually though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fats Flyer Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 ive seen sets of 0.1mm -upwards drill bits on ebay,very cheap too,same sets as the model shops sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Hallam Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I think you are talking of 0.1 Increments & not 0.01?Even at 0.1 thats a lot of drills!I generally go for 0.5mm increments metric and then have Imperial sizes for in-between sizes which generally do for most jobs.1/16 = 1.59mm1/8 = 3.17mmetc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Jowett Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Rapid electronics have a PCB drill set of 20 drills from 0.3mm to 1.6mm in 0.5mm increments for £6.80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Reid Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 My mistake. Yes it is 0.1mm increments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Jowett Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Sorry I got it wrong,the drills from Rapid are in increments of 0.05. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Hallam Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 We must always be carefull where we put the Decimal point. As an ex Engineer I have seen it done many times!Incidentally, Converting Imperial sizes to metric is as follows:For Example lets take a 1/16" Drill Bit:1 divided by Sixteen =0.0625".Then to convert it to Metric size we Multiply it by 25.4 (This is how many Millimeters there are in 1 Inch)0.0625 Multiplied by 25.4 = 1.5875Rounded down we find it is 1.58mm.Just thought this may help.Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Jordan Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Hi. Simon, I think I can assist you in yourquest for small size drills. Try this web-site..www.proopsbrothers.com You can order a catalogue on line. My one shows that they list a set of metric drills from .3 to 1.6 mm for the princely sum of £3.95. cheap or what! My only connection with this co. is as a very satisfied customer. Give them a try, I don't think youwill be dis-appointed.Regards Allan J...TTFN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Reid Posted March 20, 2007 Author Share Posted March 20, 2007 Thanks Allan. I have also come across a set from RS components. 1mm to 6mm in 0.1mm increments for £18.50. Not bad. Cheers, Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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