Common drill bit sizes?

[hanau]

What are the most common used drill bits used in pen turning?

 

[Woodchipper]

Nuseek.software
Try this- you might have to some searching for all of them.

 

[Herb G]

Here ya go John.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/f30/does-anyone-use-these-bits-psi-141926/

 

[thawkins87]

I haven't been doing this very long but commonly used sizes from the kits I've used are:

7mm
8mm
3/8"
10.5mm
12.5mm

Someone with more experience may have more insight.

 

[Dehn0045]

I suggest looking through the tube/bushing chart for Exotic Blanks. The only reason I suggest using their chart is b/c they supply kits from several manufacturers and will only maintain inventory of the more popular kits from each. In addition to what others have said, 27/64 is a pretty common size.

 

[KenV]

Pick a vendor, search on drill bits!

Some of the larger ones are not used especially often by most turners as the hardware cost gets high, so you get to decide on the limits on "common"

 

[TonyL]

I love Fairbury Fasteners. Their TOL bits are remarkable and sharpen easily. They are also 1/2 the price of Colt or Fischer. Fairbury Fastener

 

[Monty]

Back in 2008, a Group Buy was done to order all the drill bits commonly used in pen turning.
Here is a list of what was included at that time.
"set includes all the bits needed to make any pen from any major supplier, plus a few that have been mentioned as preferred alternatives.
The big plus with this set is getting all the odd metric size bits as well as all the bits larger than 1/2 inch bits at very low prices.
complete set includes these bits.
7mm, 8mm, 8.2mm, 10mm, 10.5mm, 11mm, 12.5mm, 13.3mm, 14mm,
I, J, L, O, S, T, U, V, X, Z
9/32, 21/64, 11/32, 23/64, 3/8, 25/64, 13/32, 27/64, 7/16, 15/32, 31/64, 1/2,
33/64, 17/32, 35/64, 37/64, 19/32,"