shushikiary
Well-Known Member
So I was just finishing up the royal PITA that drilling all the holes needed for a 3 keggle brewery are and am sad to say that I waited so long to buy a certain drill bit.....
I've broken quite a few kobalt brand 1/4 drill bits as part of their hole saw set on the first keggle...
Then I did something different for the next one for the 13/16 holes... I got a hardened step bit, sure it was expensive, but talk about EASY. Little bit of cutting oil, slow speed, and you get a 13/16 hole in about 90 seconds.
But more importantly the drill bits (and why I made this thread to share this so others dont suffer through what I did on the first keggle) that I used for the pilot holes for the step bit, and later for the 1 and 1/4 hole saws that I used were Hitachi black gold 135 degree split points. With these bad boys my 1/4 pilot holes can be made in under 30 seconds, just make sure you use some cutting oil.
These are by far the best "cheap" drill bits I've ever gotten, and can be had at your local lowes store. Seriously, with my dewalt set of split point drill bits and/or the kobalt ones it was taking me more than 5 minutes to drill a single 1/4 hole, black gold drill bits, under 30 seconds. (not cheap would be carbide drill bits)
Just thought I'd share. Hopefully this will make someone elses life much easier.
I've broken quite a few kobalt brand 1/4 drill bits as part of their hole saw set on the first keggle...
Then I did something different for the next one for the 13/16 holes... I got a hardened step bit, sure it was expensive, but talk about EASY. Little bit of cutting oil, slow speed, and you get a 13/16 hole in about 90 seconds.
But more importantly the drill bits (and why I made this thread to share this so others dont suffer through what I did on the first keggle) that I used for the pilot holes for the step bit, and later for the 1 and 1/4 hole saws that I used were Hitachi black gold 135 degree split points. With these bad boys my 1/4 pilot holes can be made in under 30 seconds, just make sure you use some cutting oil.
These are by far the best "cheap" drill bits I've ever gotten, and can be had at your local lowes store. Seriously, with my dewalt set of split point drill bits and/or the kobalt ones it was taking me more than 5 minutes to drill a single 1/4 hole, black gold drill bits, under 30 seconds. (not cheap would be carbide drill bits)
Just thought I'd share. Hopefully this will make someone elses life much easier.