Brad point drill bits

[Joe Jensen]

Fuller are top notch, it was a good investment for me...joe

[James Baker SD]

another plus for Lee Valley. I broke the edges off one bit of the set hitting an embedded nail I did not know about. Lee Valley had the individual bits for sale as well, so only had to buy one bit to restore the set.

[Wayne Lomman]

I grind a select few drills to brad points when I need to. The rest stay as regular twist drills although I do change the angle depending on the task at hand. I usually purchase from engineering tool suppliers. Cheers

[peter gagliardi]

W.L. Fuller that Jack linked to the review of, are every bit as good as the old Forest City stuff- I almost think W.L. Fuller supplied Forest City's brad points.
Anyway, they are as good as you can find, and the big,big plus, for me anyway is that they are made right here in the U.S. In Warwick, RI . They will resharpen, no one else I know, offers this, so the rest are selling essentially a "throw-away" set.
Supporting a stateside manufacturer is a priority for me.
Otherwise, pretty soon we will have no jobs and no skills, then, we won't be consumers, etc......

[Rod Sheridan]

A second vote for the Lee Valley bits, I have them, they are straight, sharp and drill very well.

Isn't this a weird world? I'm praising a drill bit for drilling properly, who would ever have guessed we would be reduced to trying to find drill bits that work?

Regards, Rod.

[Al Launier]

I was actually suprised & pleased at how well the Irwin brad point bits performed. The resulting holes were cleanly drilled & held size well when used for steel dowel pins, as well as for wooden dowels.

[Garth Almgren]

It is important to note that Colt makes more than one quality level of brad point, as do many manufacturers. The most common to see are the Twin Land and 5 Star versions. The Twin Land are quite economical at roughly $20 for a 7 piece set where the 5 Star bits are about 4x the price. The Twin Land are actually a quite good bit for the price and it is hard to do better at the price and have gotten quite a bit of use out of the couple of sets I have had in the past, I still have several of my less used sizes and don't hesitate to use them.

I have the Colt Twin Land 7 bit set, and am very happy with it as well. One step up from the BORG options, and a good entry level set.

[Mike Henderson]

I bought a set from Norseman. Here's a link to someone who sells what I bought. Good drills.

Mike

[Cary Falk]

I have a small set from Lee Valley. I have a large set from Harbor Freight for the not so common holes. They are not as good as the Lee Valley ones but they aren't bad.

[Rob Luter]

After much contemplation I pulled the trigger on the 28 piece boxed set from Lee Valley. The brown truck just delivered them to my office at lunchtime. I'll give them a try when I get home tonight.

[Lee Schierer]

After much contemplation I pulled the trigger on the 28 piece boxed set from Lee Valley. The brown truck just delivered them to my office at lunchtime. I'll give them a try when I get home tonight.

Wow, that was a long contemplation. I hope the bits work out for you.

[Rob Luter]

Wow, that was a long contemplation. I hope the bits work out for you.

I like to think things through. How to explain a $200 box of drills to my bride was one of those things I needed to think through.

[Ben Rivel]

After much contemplation I pulled the trigger on the 28 piece boxed set from Lee Valley. The brown truck just delivered them to my office at lunchtime. I'll give them a try when I get home tonight.

I have the same Lee Valley kit and love it. You wont be disappointed.

[Andrew Pitonyak]

My first set, very small set, was a cheap Colt set. They worked, but I quickly wore out some of the sizes. I then bought the 28 piece Lee Valley set, many more so I can cut the precise size I need, and they seem to hold up better than the Colt set that I had.

[Greg R Bradley]

A couple points:

- WL Fuller makes fabulous bits. They don't make lower end bits but do provide some drills made by others IF they meet their standards.

- Colt makes low end and high end bits. If you are disappointed, they are the low end sets. The Twinland sets work well for a short time and are great for the price.

- Many other companies make, or sell, low end stuff with their name on them. Mostly can forget trusting a tool based upon name only.

- The Norseman bits mentioned by Mike H above are Metal bits, specifically designed for steel and some difficult to drill materials like Stainless Steel. Fabulous bits but nothing that relates to wood bits. They also make HSS bits designed for some wood use, aluminum, etc. They make plastic specific bits. Cobalt bits for the specific places where the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. They also have a new Cryo/Nitride which are an even higher end tech that has a significant advantages for some uses at a big price.

Here is a pic of my purchase of bits a few years ago. The Fish bits in the upper right show low end junk from a high end German company, Fishe. They were so bad, I contacted Fishe thinking they were counterfeit. The step drills, large drills, and drill index will show you how highly I think of Norseman Super Premium bits!
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