Drill bits from Grizzly

I have the HF HHS 115 piece set, a 29 piece number set before that, and Huot number and letter sets I inhereted from my Dad. All have a few broken/missing bits. Where in the US can I find reasonably priced replacements for the broken/missing bits?

Chuck
 
I just visited this American Made Drill bit company last week. Huot is in St. Paul...but they made/make the drill index boxes...I don't think they made drill bits...

http://vikingdrill.com/
 
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Richard King said:
I just visited this American Made Drill bit company last week. Huot is in St. Paul...but they made/make the drill index boxes...I don't think they made drill bits...

http://vikingdrill.com/
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I think these are the same as the Norseman drills I have been getting from fastenal.com http://www.norsemandrill.com/ if not the web page is incredibly similar (BG)

The Norseman brand is a pretty good value. They aren't GREAT but they don't cost like Chicago-Latrobe or Premiers Supertaniums.

IMO they seem to be really good HSS drills but not cobalt. They sharpen easily and work well, inexpensive enough to use in hand drilling, Plus I can order as "will call" with no shipping (in a convoluted manner with fastenal).

These have been going into my indexes to replace the cheap crap that came in them, and populating the custom kits I have been building.

Steve
 
Norseman Drills makes many types and qualities of drills. I have tried their heavy duty cobalt drills, made of high grade M42 HSS, and these drills are great. You can buy a 29 pcs set at Amazon for less than $200.
 
Snap-On thunder bits and a drill docktor 750. The snappy's are very sharp and very accurate, but tend to be a bit brittle. Turn em slow and keep em sharp and they are about the best I can afford. There are more expensive and more complete sets, but from 1/16th to 1/2 these aint bad. Good luck and let us know which way you go and how they are working out for your project.

Bob
 
I have heard that the Chinese sometimes do not harden any drills in a set except for the most common fractional sizes. They believe the average American user will only use the common fractional sizes around the house.

Myself,I buy American drill bits. Even then,sometimes they will have some curve to them. MSC sells a nice little set of USA 1 thru 60 drills that are nice,and aren't real expensive.

Another thing I noticed about those 115 bit sets: They don't get the decals with the sizes lined up with the right size drill. That is a PITA I want to avoid.
 
+ One on the Lawson Bits. In my shop we went though 20-30 drill bits a month and we used many different brands but I have to say that they are the best I have seen. Lawson doesn't make anything that I am aware of I think they just rebrand stuff. But you can guarantee that if they sell it, it is the best product available.
 
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