My husband does a lot of work with his scroll saw. It would help him out if he could find a drill bit smaller than 1/16. He needs to make small holes to get the blade into position to cut. The 1/16 is small but not quite small enough. Thanks, Twinhearts **************************************************************** 11-05-02, 07:55 PM donaldekliros Twinheart:
I don't think they make a drill bit much smaller that 1/32-inch. That is half the size of a 1/16-inch drill bit.
11-05-02, 10:59 PM Johnny Velo I just looked in the internet and found that the smallest bit available is #80=.0135". Any help?
11-05-02, 11:12 PM Byter Hi Guys:
Right Jonny, #80 is the smallest generally twist drill size.
But when you get any smaller then the 1/32" drill that Don mentions and you are going to be needing precision equipment to use them.
That's getting really tiny.
11-06-02, 04:22 AM Fourbrick I remember in the 1950's an American company ran an advert stating that they made the smallest drill bit in the world. A Japanese company ordered one and returned it to the manufacturer with a hole through it.
11-06-02, 04:31 AM chanceygardner big grin big grin big grin big grin big grin
11-06-02, 06:32 AM Walks On Water Byter, great site. Thanks I needed that.
Fourbrick, if my Uncle did not lie to me, the story is ture. He worked for Cleveland Twist Drill back in the 50s and told the story that they had sent the drill to Japan.
Got it back a had a good laugh about. No note, no nothing. There engineers call them and asked "What's wrong, can't you make one".
Their reply was, "Yankee, look at the drill under a microscope."
Sure enough a hole had been neatly drilled through the drill shaft.
11-06-02, 07:34 AM donaldekliros I would imagine that any one using a drill less than 1/32-inch & down to a #80 would be using an awful lot of them because they would probably break before you finished using them.
Unless, like Byter, said you had precision equipmment & then you would probably break a lot of them.
After all a #80 drill is only 0.0135-inch, that's small, small , small.
11-26-02, 08:54 AM twinhearts Thanks for all your help everyone. The number 80's are perfect. Yes, he does have precision equipment. Since he uses thin wood, he doesn't think he will break many of them. (I bought a few more for Christmas just in case!!) Thanks again, twinhearts
12-19-02, 02:12 PM sae501 Fourbrick: I heard that urban legend differently: The Germans advertised the smallest internal diameter tubing. The Swiss ordered a length of it and returned it to the Germans with rifling inside.
12-20-02, 01:41 AM chanceygardner There are other takes on this too. Urban Myths I expect...
