I have loads of old drill bits that i want to replace. They have seen better days. I want to get a set of good masonry and wood drill bits. What are your recommendations with links? Also, i want to also get a good set of screws. I have boxes of old mixed screws! I would like to get a decent set of different screws. I guess posidrive is the most popular head? Any recommendations and links to a decent box set of different sized screws? Wood, general use. Thanks guys
As an apprentice, I was taught how to sharpen twist drills (usually metal HSS types) on a bench grinder. We had to make a steel drill tip angle gauge as one of our test pieces. I can still do it, although I'm fairly out of practice. It's strangely satisfying to do. That's absolutely no use to you, I know, but I rarely throw out drill bits. Irwin drill bits seem well made to me, or Dormer of course, if they're still going.
I got a set of https://www.toolstation.com/bosch-m...MIltrrme7O6wIVB-ztCh0WbwexEAUYASABEgJAoPD_BwE and I’m very pleased with them. Cant say about screws really, I normally just pick up a few boxes of whatever they have in Screwfix, Toolstation, etc but then I’m a DIYer mainly using them for partition walls or plywood cabinets and shelving do don’t need super high quality. I have recently started using Fischer wall plugs though. Who would have thought you could have a favourite wall plug!
Dewalt extreme masonry drills are the best. I like the metal drilling ones as well. Turbo gold screws for wood
Don't laugh, but I often pick up a couple of boxes of screw when I see them for sale in " the middle of Lidl". I've found them to be really good quality.
After many a long fight with concrete and that infernal nofines walls I settled on the Bosch multi bits and Dewalt extremes, both mentioned in this thread by people who probably do more drilling than I do, found the Bosch ones ideal for tiles if the tips still good, I keep a set of the smaller ones just for tiles. I have a few of those Irwin multi bits but not put them to the test yet. As for sharpening HSS bits, I replaced my bench grinder with one that didn't run on steam, made a jig and set about sharpening the half a million blunt bits I have, an hour later I had some sharp points but a lot of small bits, either I am heavy handed or the bench grinders going too fast but I did like the sparks flying off, made me look like I knew what I was doing. I have a few of those middle of lidl screw collections, I just pick up random stuff these days, only used a few of them but they seem OK for the price.
I find the screwfix silverscrews fine for most applications, can get grab packs. I have had the heads shear off when screwing into deep hard wood without pre drilling, but kinda what you'd expect. Cheap as chips.
Looking to get a decent set of screws snd drill bits as sick of grabbing my blunt drill bits and looking for screws the same size.
Is this any good https://www.screwfix.com/p/goldscrew-pz-double-countersunk-general-trade-case-1400-pcs/73022
You need a particular type of grinding wheel for masonry bits. It used to be called a green wheel (it was green...) but that was many years ago, so possibly things have moved on since then.
That's correct, Green Grit wheel as it was a softer wheel in being that it wore away exposing fresh grit to cut through the Tungsten Carbide and sharpen the masonry tip.