Where Can I Get Tiny Drill Bits in the UK

on 6/20/2008 6:47 PM Nigel Heather After some tiny drill bits for my pin vice - for example, to open up the

I found a few on a google search of - mini drill bits uk -.

Nigel Heather After some tiny drill bits for my pin vice - for example, to open up the

Hannants do drill bits down to 0.5mm, but you'd be best off looking for a local model engineering supplier. Somewhere like this

Their smallest drill bit is no.79 - 15 thou, 0.38 mm. This is the low end of the "numbered" drills.

PCB-making suppliers seem to have 0.3 and 0.2 mm drills - see

?prod=1860 Items this small are low-demand and difficult to manufacture. I doubt you'll get them for pence.

One *very* reasonably priced source, i.e. FREE, is from your friendly neighborhood dentist. They are always discarding bits that are too dull for their specific work, but are still plenty good for plastic. See if your dentist has any ready to throw away.

on 6/20/2008 8:42 PM M. J. Rudy said the following:

I didn't know dentists used drills. I thought they used burrs. At least the ones I got from my dentist were burrs.

they still drill great holes.

I have this set.

But not #79 sized holes. I used to get #78s here at my local shop but it went OOB a few years ago. I guess I could try the model rail shops if I find I need more.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

Not setting foot on Vancouver Island...

I bought a set of 20 drill bits from Maplin. However the sizes range from

0.3 to 1.6mm increasing in increments of 0.05mm for 0.3 to 1.0mm and 0.1mm increments for 1.2 to 1.6mm.

I think I paid about £8.

"Nigel Heather the-heathers.co.uk>" After some tiny drill bits for my pin vice - for example, to open up the

Thanks,

I will get some of those.

Cheers,

Nigel

I must admit I only recently ordered something from the UK. However, I found modern internet purchasing pretty painless even when I do not know the exact exchange rate. Any company accepting major credit cards can do the purchase with "foreign" currency.

Cheaper than Maplin:

Yep, that's what I bought.

Cheers,

Nigel