emergency drill bit supplier?

Gonzowerke · Post by **Gonzowerke** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:59 am

Hey all,

Here it is Saturday morning, and i just broke my last fiber optic sized drill bit.
And that one was from my DS9 kit. There is no LHS worth a damn here in Fredericksburg, and Lowes doesn't carry bits that small. I don't want to pause in my construction to wait a week for micromark to deliver.

Any suggestions?
I'm about to take a piece of .11 guitar string and a lighter to it!

jgoldader · Post by **jgoldader** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:29 am

Is the 1/32" in the Dremel drill set small enough? I know Home Depot carries those.

Jeff

en'til Zog · Post by **en'til Zog** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:36 pm

Hime Depot, Menard's, Fleet & Farm, True-Value, and your local liquidator store (I'm lucky in that the LLS ""nearby" has a great tool section - parts nippers for $1.69!) Any electronics supply shops in the area? Radio Shack (just) might have small bits.

Is there any hope of re-pointing the stub?

Andrew Gorman · Post by **Andrew Gorman** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:37 pm

Chuck a straightpin or that guitar string into your Dremel and it should work just fine. I use a toothpick on styrene for rough shaping.

jwrjr · Post by **jwrjr** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:26 pm

Are there any jewelers' supply houses in the area?

shotgunlebowski · Post by **shotgunlebowski** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:47 am

Local Hobby Shop is where I got a set of 12 micro scale bits. I was using .0135 for fiber. The fiber came out of the Fiber Optic Star Destroyer kit, should be the same as DS9.

You need to get the hobby dremel and the set of 4 chucks. There is one chuck in that set that will fit the small bits as well. That you can get from Lowes or Home Depot but the bits yourHobby Shop should have

John

Scott Hasty · Post by **Scott Hasty** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:01 am

These are great, and the price is NICE:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=34640

Problem is the website is showing your store is new and not open yet (but I'd double check):

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/r ... ore_ID=322

Could go to one of these, but I'm not sure if it's worth the gas:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/r ... ore_ID=102

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/r ... ore_ID=161

Good luck!

Scottie

Gonzowerke · Post by **Gonzowerke** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:35 am

Wow, Thanks for all the replies! I forgot about Harbor freight, there's one in front of pot mills. My wife is a Starbuck's manager up there, so I'm sending her by on her break today. I didn't get a chance to go myself, I'm in indentured servitude to my inlaws to build them a deck, and spent most of the weekend doing that...