I second that. I've always bought from drill bit city. Hard to beat the price for new bits (eg new 0.8mm, pack of 5, $8.15). I always get packs of 5 or 10 as I seem to break them regularly while handling them.
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Jan Kok <jan.kok.5y@...> wrote:
>
> I have bought drill bought drill bit assortments from Drill Bit City
> www.store.yahoo.com/drillcity and been pleased with the quality. They
> also come in nice storage cases. :-)
>
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Mark Lerman <mlerman@...> wrote:
> >
> > I just got some from <drillbitsunlimited.com>. The have all kinds of
> > do-it-yourself assortments and also have router bits. They came
> > nicely packaged in great little storage cases. I usually buy ones
> > with collars so I don't have to guess the sizes. Prices were excellent, too!
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > At 10:12 AM 11/23/2012, you wrote:
> >>On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 06:52:26 -0000, you wrote:
> >>
> >> >Far circuits sells carbide tipped PCB drills with large (1/8?)
> >> shanks, but they're way too expensive from them. I'm looking for
> >> cheap ones, but not unusably cheap Chinese ones. Something like
> >> Enco house brand quality (no, I didn't check Enco). What do people
> >> who do this a lot buy?
> >>
> >>Harbor Freight has an assortment, resharpened, of about 20 for roughly
> >>six dollars. That's both on line and in the stores if they still
> >>carry it. Now if you go online to HF, they (at one time) had a larger
> >>assortment for only a few dollars more. Bear in mind that you will be
> >>getting a good number of unusable drills (because of size) if you try
> >>this approach. On the other hand, you may find this useful.
> >>
> >>the 1/8 inch size is an industry standard. I'd recommend something
> >>other than a dremel, since the runout on a dremel is worse than that
> >>on a Proxxon. The 12 volt version of a proxxon will work, but I like
> >>the 120 volt better.
> >>
> >>Harvey
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Alan
> >>
> >>
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