Do I have too many drill bits?

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  • LCHIEN
    Internet Fact Checker
    • Dec 2002
    • 20913
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999

    Do I have too many drill bits?

    Here is my drill bit drawer.
    Doesn't include the 115 pc set on top of the cabinet and the 7-piece brad bit set that is always on a tray next to the drill press and the boxes of forstners on the shelf above the tool chest.
    The top drawer has a bunch of loose specialty bits, marking and measuring tools and some small bit sets and some countersink and VIX sets.


    Loring in Katy, TX USA
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  • capncarl
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2007
    • 3564
    • Leesburg Georgia USA
    • SawStop CTS

    #2
    I don’t think you have too any. Where is the box of loose bits that need sharpening?

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    • leehljp
      Just me
      • Dec 2002
      • 8429
      • Tunica, MS
      • BT3000/3100

      #3
      I have to buy those packs of small bits (1/8" and smaller) because those are the ones I break often and are difficult to sharpen. I have several packs of those. I have a nearly 20 year old Drill Doctor 750 and it keeps my bits sharp.

      I also have:
      2 sets of the 115 bits - 1 TiN, and one Cobalt.
      5 sets of HF 29 bit set: 3 TiN regular, 1 TiN 118°, 1 Cobalt
      1 set of Five 1ft? long bits
      2 sets of Metric bits.
      NUMEROUS Pen making bits

      I have 4 sets of the 29 bit set as they are my general use GoTo bits. I keep 1 in my travel tool box; 1 for use when people want to borrow or use one or two of my bits here; 1 as a backup, Plus the other two speciality ones. The 3 sets of regular TiN were all purchased when HF had sales and they were $9.99, which now they are $12.99 or 14.99 I think.

      I use my cobalt when drilling steel or iron, and sometimes the TiN 118° split point. There are times when I use the 115 bit set for pen making or for special size and special fit. I keep a laminated multi-page chart of drill bit size in a note book and refer to it often for precision sizing.

      Hank Lee

      Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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      • dbhost
        Slow and steady
        • Apr 2008
        • 9209
        • League City, Texas
        • Ryobi BT3100

        #4
        Lee, FWIW, I have an entire drawer in my old Craftsman mechnaics tool roll around box that is nothing but misc drill bits, taps, and dies from when I used to manage a hardware store that got shut down. This was the leftover junk that never went anywhere, and I just don't have the heart to get rid of it... I REALLY need to purge this junk
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        • gsmittle
          Veteran Member
          • Aug 2004
          • 2784
          • St. Louis, MO, USA.
          • BT 3100

          #5
          Loring, I'd be happy to store some of your extra bits for you…
          Smit

          "Be excellent to each other."
          Bill & Ted

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          • windyn123
            Handtools only
            • May 2022
            • 1

            #6
            Originally posted by LCHIEN
            Here is my drill bit drawer.wordle online
            Doesn't include the 115 pc set on top of the cabinet and the 7-piece brad bit set that is always on a tray next to the drill press and the boxes of forstners on the shelf above the tool chest.
            The top drawer has a bunch of loose specialty bits, marking and measuring tools and some small bit sets and some countersink and VIX sets.

            I think that's not too much. actually i have more than you Lmao

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