Where to buy a set of stub drills?

I feel like treating myself to a set of stub drills - any recommendations for the best place to buy them?
Dave

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How do you define best? Cheapest, highest quality, fastest delivery, greatest durability, nearest shop location, prettiest bimbo in the advertising?
Cliff Coggin.
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On 01/02/2011 10:33, Cliff Coggin wrote:

How about the first 2, closely followed by the last ;-) A recommendation is always better than a jump in the dark.
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Sounds ideal <g> Leaving aside all flippancy, there is a serious point to be made here. What is good for one person who only wants a cheap tool because it will only be used once and does not require much accuracy, could well be greatly different for another who wants something for repeated use and/or great accuracy and therefore will likely pay much more for those qualitie. Alternatively, living as I do, ten miles from the nearest big town means I usually choose home delivery rather than travelling to a shop
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Dave,
If you insist on having a set, this one is top quality but rather expensive:
http://www.mscjlindustrial.co.uk/CGI/INPDFF?PMCTLG &PMPAGE&PMITEM=HS S-22000M
If you keep an aye on the J&L monthly flyers you might find them on special offer - I think I got mine for a lot less than £108!
If you are prepared, as I did, to buy the sizes you want over time as and when, then I find this supplier provides a good service and the prices are mostly very good (though with bizarre variations!):
http://www.drill-service.co.uk/Product.asp?Parent 0060260000&Tool&5
Also, I built up most of my early collection from these people:
http://www.millhillsupplies.co.uk/catalogue%20pages%20pdf/page14&15.pdf
They used to be in Oxfordshire, but the business these under a similar name seems to be a DIY shop.
I think stub drills, especially in smaller sizes, are much under-rated, and it is annoying that no-one supplies comprehensive sets (like 1.0 - 6.0 x 0.1mm) of decent quality and reasonable price - dammit, there is less metal in them than the usual jobber length bits. I use them for most tapping holes below 6mm, and for anything where rigidity is desirable.
David
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On 01/02/2011 16:25, David Littlewood wrote:

Thanks David, very useful. Do J&L have a website? (I looked but couldn't find it)
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Dave, sorry, I should have been more careful. What used to be called "J&L" is now "MSC/J&L", and the above is their website.
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That'll be the top URL of the three :-)
Mark Rand RTFM
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I would love to get some carbide stub drills in very small sizes, say 0.35 - 1.50 mm. I only need to drill holes 3 millimetres deep in hard steel, so the extra rigidity would save me breaking so many.
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Cliff,
I think you will find what you need on the Drill Service Horley website - the second in my post.
David
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Many thanks for the tip David. A pity they are only sold in sets of five, but I'll bite the bullet and buy a set as a trial.
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Dave,
Just found another source today while looking for something entirely different - isn't that often the way!
http://www.metal2models.btinternet.co.uk/tdrills.pdf
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David Littlewood wrote:

I've just remembered where mine came from. Not sets but I tend to use metric screw tapping and clearance sizes most of all so buy specific sizes. hth
Bob
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