Anyone know of a place localy to buy metric drill bits? I'm specificaly looking for 5mm and 10mm. Both big boxes (blue and orange) were a bust, as were Sears, Harbor Freight, Auto Zone, Advance auto, Davis Hardware and HG Page.
-K
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I've had a similarly difficult time finding metric tap and die sets locally. I ended up resorting to online suppliers. I know that's not much help.
Out of curiosity, what are you using them for?
Hey Thor,
Drilling 5 and 10mm holes in ABS project boxes for DIY LED photographic lighting units.
I'm relying on friction to hold the LEDs in place during assembly, so I needed real metric bits, using the closest SAE size wouldn't work. I put the prototype together last week, a 40 LED unit with 20 arrays of 2 LEDs per, powered by a 9V battery. I had intended to use the cool white LEDs from EvilMadScience, as they sell ones that run on 2.7v @30mA, but they were out and I ended up using some 3.2V @ 20mA from another source. More resistors, more soldering. :( The prototype came out well though. Puts out a ton of light. It's actually painfully bright to look directly at (needs a diffuser for portrait work). The only real issue I had was the size project box I used (3x2x1) was very tight to work in. I'll be using a larger box for the next one. I'm planning on putting them up as a project on MAKE magazine's project site.
I ended up getting the bits at Fastenal over in the Page business park off 55. They've got local branches in Kingston, Newburgh and ( I think) Fishkill as well. They didn't have the 10mm in stock, but had it for me the next day and the prices weren't bad. They have metric taps/dies listed on thier web site as well.
-K
My gallery: http://kad.smugmug.com/
Cool. For that kind of thing I've ended up using 5mm round stock and heating it with a torch. I'll have to check out Fastenal, though. It would be nice to have the right tools, sometimes.