Drill bits - any recommendations?

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Looking for sets of wood, metal and brick/concrete bit sets, also any bits for drilling into granite tile please.

I've been looking mainly at Bosch proffesional, Millwaukee and such like. Don't need anything too expensive, just value for money really.
 
I've got a big set of Erbauer HSS ones from screwfix and they've been good, not had any issue with all the steel drilling i do anyway. With the bigger drill bits most important thing is to keep them sharp imo, a cheap bit that you keep sharp will still drill nicely.
 
i use the Bosch multi construction for most stuff although it sounds like you are after some more specific uses

The bit is intended for practically all materials in interior fitting work, e.g. soft concrete, masonry, brick, cement asbestos, light building materials, multilayer materials, ceramics and tiles, wood, plastic, sheet metals and aluminium
 
I've used the Bosch and Dewalt ones, much better than the cheap rubbish and can be used for so much logner, false economy buying cheap.
 
dave28 said:
i use the Bosch multi construction for most stuff although it sounds like you are after some more specific uses

The bit is intended for practically all materials in interior fitting work, e.g. soft concrete, masonry, brick, cement asbestos, light building materials, multilayer materials, ceramics and tiles, wood, plastic, sheet metals and aluminium
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These Bosch blue ones are my go to for almost everything, though I use wood specific bits when drilling wood, they have a point at the tip that makes it easier to get them started and don't bounce around.

I would use a specific bit for granite tiles https://www.screwfix.com/c/tools/drill-bits/cat12140001?suitabledrillingapplications=tile
 
I use both Heller and Dewalt drill bits, not had a problem with any of them and they last a lot longer than the cheap junk ones like Silverstone.
 
Place I used to work at brought several boxes of those gold coloured drill bits with like 10x of each size, absolutely crap, they wouldn't keep their edge. However sometimes there would be one that was actually decent. Go for good quality bits.
 
iron_monkey said:
Just stick to the good brands like heller, dormer, Bosch Dewalt.
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Oops, I forgot about Dormer, yes great quality drill bits. I also have some Dormer taps and some Presto taps.
I am not sure if Presto used to make drill bits but they probably did and they would have been good quality from a respected old name.

There are lots of good old British manufactured tools such as drill bits on the auction site, some of which have been in storage for years and hardly ever used.
It is worth checking out the auction site for guality Britsh tools such as drill bits from respected names.
 
Bint Box said:
Oops, I forgot about Dormer, yes great quality drill bits. I also have some Dormer taps and some Presto taps.
I am not sure if Presto used to make drill bits but they probably did and they would have been good quality from a respected old name.

There are lots of good old British manufactured tools such as drill bits on the auction site, some of which have been in storage for years and hardly ever used.
It is worth checking out the auction site for guality Britsh tools such as drill bits from respected names.
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Yep, presto are also great quality, i have some of their taps and bits too
 
I’m a big fan of the Bosch Multi-construction bits with the blue coating. You literally don't need to worry about what you are drilling into.
 
dave28 said:
i use the Bosch multi construction for most stuff although it sounds like you are after some more specific uses

The bit is intended for practically all materials in interior fitting work, e.g. soft concrete, masonry, brick, cement asbestos, light building materials, multilayer materials, ceramics and tiles, wood, plastic, sheet metals and aluminium
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IIRC they're the same ones we tend to buy now for general use, far, far better than the cheap ones.

About the only "specific" ones we use now are for when we know we're dealing with metal (IIRC dewalt metal bits?) which are like a hot knife through butter compared to the cheapies, and for specific wood applications where we've got a whole host of spade/auger/forstner type bits.
 
dave28 said:
i use the Bosch multi construction for most stuff although it sounds like you are after some more specific uses

The bit is intended for practically all materials in interior fitting work, e.g. soft concrete, masonry, brick, cement asbestos, light building materials, multilayer materials, ceramics and tiles, wood, plastic, sheet metals and aluminium
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These bits are extremely good, I must admit I was sceptical of them, having had them a while bit used metal specific bits, etc all the time as something specific for the job had to be better, right?

I first used the Bosch ones on concrete blocks and they went through with no issue, I then found myself needing some special bits in order to drill out some roll pins on a machine, made of strengthened steel so standard metal bits would dull very quickly, I purchased some harder bits with the same issue, some more research found I needed carbide tipped bits so I tried the Bosch bits, as they're carbide tipped - with some careful drilling they made their way through without any damage, I'm now sold on the fact they are multi-purpose and do a great job of it.

I got mine within a impact bit set pack from Bosch which I've found are very good lasting bits too
 
I've just used a couple of Bosch Multi Construction bits myself to drill through a wall to install a new floodlight, it was harder drilling a pilot hole for a 12mm bit than it was using the 12mm bit itself.
 
MattTheTall77 said:
The DeWalt Cobalt HSS drill bits were great at getting through lintels,
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agree those for metal ... I might buy them individually though - there are sizes in the set I never use , and I need some replacements for others.
not sure I understand how a bosch multi-construction, which must have a slug of carbide to resist hammer action and clearance for the debris could be as good for metal
 
I've got the bosch multi as well.
I find they can be a little hard work at times, but the ability to drill straight through such as when I was drilling 10mm through wood into breeze for my greenhouse base was awesome.
Probably a better drill than a 18v combi would make things easier.
You could tell how much work they were doing by how quickly I used 8Ah (3 batts) to flat from full!

I found they made hardest work of drilling in wood oddly. Shape of the head/tip I guess.
 
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