Power Tool Buying Guide For Drill Bits
Having the right drill bit will make all the world of difference. Also make sure the bit is sharp. Utmost drill bits will do the work themselves with only a little bit ofpressure.However, also it's presumably time to throw that bit down and get another, If you find yourself having to use a lot of force to drill. Using dull bits can ruin your work and put gratuitous wear and gash on your drill.
Drill Bit Accoutrements
Sword Bits-Affordable and good for softwoods. Will dull snappily with hardwood and indeed break.
High Speed Steel Bits-Harder than sword blades and will stay shaper slightly longer.
Titanium Coated Bits- Cost more than High Speed Steel, but this is a tougher material and will stay sharper longer.
Carbide Sloped- More precious than the former bits but will stay shaper longer than any of them.
Cobalt Bits-Extremely hard and great for operations with heat make up because it dissipates the heat. Good for Stainless Steel and other essence.
Drilling Tips
Use a twist bit for general drilling. A high speed bit is the stylish.
When you drill concrete, slipup, slate or cataplasm use masonry bits at low pets.
When drilling pipe or glass use the shaft point at low pets.
A hole aphorism is great to make large holes, but make sure the drill can handle the redundant force or your burn the motor out veritably snappily.
For essence, a step bit is stylish used at slow pets.
The drill bit is what makes the cut or drag into your work. I would suggest spending a little further plutocrat and getting a better drill bit. It'll last longer and beget lower frustration in the long run.
Drill Bit Styles
Twist Bit-The most common to find and is used for general drilling into wood, light essence and plastic.
Brad Point Bit-Great for drilling into wood. There's a point on the end to make sure the bit stays in place when you drill. They've redundant wide flutes to help with wood junking.
Spade Bit-Great for drilling bigger holes from1/4"to11/12". If you need to drill bigger holes use the hole saw.
Malleable Wood Bit-Not as popular, but drills large holes to malleable extents from3/4"to 3"
Auger Bit-Wood boring bit. Large wide flutes to help with wood junking.
Hole Saw-Large wood boring and light essence ranging from1/2"to 6"
Forstner Bit-Boring flat bottom holes into wood. Great for drilling a flat hole and not going through the whole wood.
Drill Saw Bit- Cuts irregular silhouettes and holes in wood or essence.
CounterBore, Countersink-The bit can be changed and is great for making the top of the hole a little wider so when you put the screw in, it's flush with the top of the board.
Installer Bit-Has a hole in the head and is used for pulling line through the hole. Used for installing phone line, Television string, security line and cat 5.
Left Hand Bit-For birth stripped or broken right handed screws or bolts.
Step Bit-Drilling in sword, bobby, brass, plastic, aluminum and wood.
Glass/ Pipe Bit- Used for drilling into glass or pipe.
Masonry Bit- Used to drill into concrete or masonry. This is used with a hammer drill or rotary drill.
Scaling Chisel- Used to chip down at masonry and is primarily used in a rotary drill.
Comments
Post a Comment