Tiny Drill Bits

shepherd · 21-09-2006 04:38PM #1

I need to drill a few small holes in wood.

I bought a 0.3mm - 1.6mm drill bit set in Malpin.

Now Im wondering how I attach such small bits to a standard drill. I saw something about a 'pin vice', but am I right in thinking such a thing is only suitable for manual drilling, not a power drill??

The drill bits do say 'HSS' -high speed steel, so there must be
some way to attach to a power drill, but how??

Cheers.

BreadBoard · 21-09-2006 04:46PM

I was actually in Maplin the other day and seen this - http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&ModuleNo=37752&doy=21m9

Alun · 21-09-2006 04:50PM

How small are you trying to go? I can use a 1mm drill bit with no problems in my Bosch cordless power drill. I haven't tried anything as small as 0.3mm, although I have a multi-tool with a small collet chuck that would probably take something that small if I needed to.

Alternatively you can get smaller size drills with a hex shank the same size as that found on screwdriver bits for power screwdrivers.

charlesanto · 21-09-2006 05:00PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_chuck

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_chuck

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