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02-23-2017, 07:20 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Where is best to buy drill bits
With Averys closed now, where have people found the best place to buy drill bits now?
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02-23-2017, 07:42 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Half Moon Bay, CA
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I've had some bad luck with ACS bits recently -- they just didn't cut stainless very well; don't know who the original mfgr was. I think Avery sourced their drills from Pan American tool (VAF advertiser); I bought a bunch from them recently and am very happy. Pan American only sells in multiples of 12; great for #30 and #40, not so great for the less used sizes.
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02-23-2017, 07:55 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dogwood Airpark (VA42)
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Cleaveland tool or McMaster's.
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02-23-2017, 08:23 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Oregon
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I second McMaster-Carr. Been using them for years.
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02-23-2017, 08:35 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: San Diego, CA
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Brown Tool.
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02-23-2017, 08:46 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Ozark, AL
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Another vote for Pan American. The price and quality are right on and the double margin bits make for a perfect round hole, pretty much reamer quality. They do have a minimum order($50) though so stock up!
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02-23-2017, 08:47 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Edmond, OK
Posts: 194
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Brown Tool.
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02-23-2017, 08:58 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Asheville, NC
Posts: 2,104
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Guhring Series 659 from MSC
I recently needed to drill sixty 13/64" holes (.203) through 1/4" 304 SS bars (not aircraft related). A friend who owns a CNC machine shop highly recommended Guhring Series 659 cobalt, TiN coated stubby drill bits. I bought two of those online from MSC INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY and they were fantastic. No pilot hole required and they went through the stainless like a hot knife through butter. (I used my drill press and sprayed soluble oil coolant.) I never needed to use the second bit. If you don't mind paying $12 each (plus shipping), these are probably the best drill bits for stainless you can buy. https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/00395962
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02-23-2017, 08:58 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Collierville, TN (KFYE)
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Pan American is good. It's what I used throughout the project
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02-23-2017, 09:07 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: NC25
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Carl Froehlich
Cleaveland tool or McMaster's.
Carl
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rmarshall234
Brown Tool.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan B
Brown Tool.
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Cleaveland typically 1st stop. Brown Tool and The Yard Store.
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