Help needed: Drill with a drillbit size up to 4mm

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Nordicus

Discussion Starter · Aug 22, 2014 (Edited)

Greetings heretics!

I've found myself in a bit of a pickle - I'm hoping one of you have a link or knowledge that I just can't find.

Now, I have a hobby drill that supports up to 3 mm drillbits, for those magnetizing jobs. However, I find that certain things (Such as wingson a dragon) requires a magnet that is 4mm in size. The problem is that I can't seem to find a hobby drill that supports higher than 3 mm. Ìt's a pain doing it by hand and it often makes the job very unprecise if I'm not really careful.

Am I missing something or is it simply impossible to find one which supports higher than 3 mm in drillbit sizes?

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Nordicus

Discussion Starter · #3 · Aug 22, 2014

Wookiepelt said:
The way I do it is to pre-drill with the smaller drill bits, starting with the 1mm for a precise location for the centre of the hole. After that, simply step up with the drill bit sizes (to a 2mm and 3mm using the hand drill) and enlarge the hole by using the initial smaller hole as the pilot guide. By the time you get to the 3mm hole size, any large size requirement can be easily accomplished with the standard drill bits without the need for a holder. Having said that, I do apply a few masking tape layers on the holding shank of the larger drilling bits for a better finger grip.

This is the way I do it now, but i still find the plastic/resin to be under more pressure, than if I do it by drill. Last time something broke, as I had to turn so hard for the drill to not just be stuck halfway through, and I had to repair it with glue and greenstuff.

So i thought it easier to see if I couldn't find something that was 4mm off the bat.

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