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31st December 2021, 03:16 PM #1Intermediate Member
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Suttons viper vs Milwaukee red helix
Would like opinion on those 2 bits. They are about the same cost.
Is there any advantage to any of them.
I use suttons and milwaukee in cobalts but want a hss bits to save the cobalts for tougher material
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31st December 2021, 03:32 PM #2
Personally I would go for Milwaukee but that is because I am biased against Sutton. I find their grades of HSS are inferior to European branded cutting tools such as Dormer and SKF.
Nothing succeeds like a budgie without a beak.
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31st December 2021, 03:49 PM #3
??? You have confused me.
I thought Milwaukee Red Helix were cobalt drill bits?
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31st December 2021, 03:54 PM #4Intermediate Member
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MILWAUKEE 2-13mm 1/4-Hex Metric Jobber Drill Bit Set - RED-HELIX - 29 Piece 48894862 | Total Tools
These are the ones i am looking at?
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31st December 2021, 04:51 PM #5
Seems that Milwaukee rather confusingly use the Red Helix logo on two quite different products.
- RED HELIX™ Titanium Drill bits which (allegedly) "...give you up to 3X life vs. Black Oxide Drill Bits...", and
- RED HELIX™ Cobalt Drill bits which (allegedly) "...give you up to 15X life vs. Black Oxide Drill Bits..."
Their cobalt drill bits cost roughly double the price of their titanium bits, but if their "useful life estimates" are accurate then it would still be cost effective to use the cobalts for everything. But as to accuracy of the "useful life estimates" - who knows with a Chinese company?
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31st December 2021, 04:55 PM #6Intermediate Member
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I have the milwaukee cobalts and the sutton ones.
Just need hss for general purpose drilling
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31st December 2021, 06:03 PM #7Intermediate Member
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31st December 2021, 06:30 PM #8
RS components are the only Aus franchise that regularly stocks them but at full retail price they are expensive.
However; click here for an online trader who is selling a comparable 29 piece set for $199. The Dormer includes the 3.3mm, 4.2mm, 6.8mm and 10.2mm which are the specific drills needed when tapping M4, M5, M8 and M12 ISO Metric Coarse threads.Nothing succeeds like a budgie without a beak.
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Consider these as well
Guhring 25pc Powerline HSS Metric Drill Set 1-13mm x 0.5mm – General Tools
Guhring 29pc Powerline HSS Imperial Drill Set 1/16″ – 1/2″ x 1/64″ – General Tools
We exclusively use Guhring drills at work (engineering company) and they're awesome.
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31st December 2021, 07:09 PM #10Intermediate Member
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Presumably they're suggesting 5mm will do for M6?
This is minor side issue but these drill sizes will generate a hole that ultimately creates a very high (85% or greater) thread contact but may be very challenging to tap in harder materials especially if used taps are all you have on hand.
For many purposes >85% is overkill and 70, or even 60% may be more than enough. These require larger fractional size drills most of which will not be in the 0.5mm increment range. eg an M12 will be 85% in a 10.4mm hole, 80% in a 10.5mm, 75% in a 10.6mm, 70% in a 10.7, 65% in a 10.8 and 60% in a 10.9mm hole.
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1st January 2022, 11:46 AM #14
I was hoping someone would comment unassisted.
The Milwaukee propaganda alleges that their titanium drill bits will last three times longer than black oxide bits, and their cobalt bits will last 15 times longer. This implies that the cobalt bits will last 5 times longer than their titanium ones. Is this realistic?
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Would depend on the material Graeme. In SS I'd say cobalt would last at least five times longer. A standard HHS might last one hole in SS. A cobalt might do a hundred holes. Of course, feed, RPM and lubrication will all impact on the results, but my experience is non-cobalt HSS is totally unsuitable for drilling SS.
FWIW, I find the Sutton Vipers (made in NZ) to be at least as good as the handfull of Dormers I've collected over the years.
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