Response to Jim
What have you tried? Get a bit and a blank and drill something. Offer your suggestions and experience. All the drill bit posts in the last 12 months should work since drill bit technology hasn't changed in the last week.
First..thank you, your experience is invaluable to me and possibly others.
2nd...I tried nothing with the DD (that's on its way). I have tried Colt and whatever PSI and the others kit firms sell with their starter packs - given I am a novice and bought many started packs.
3rd.....I don't want to read all of the drill bit posts....but I read some, including all that you assembled for me/us regarding the DD (thank you again). It was a big help and the information/opinions sold me on the 750X.
4th (A) ...and no sarcasm intended, and not to undermine your opinion (because I want your opinion), but from what authoritative source(s) are you drawing upon when expressing your opinion on the advances in drill bit technology? I am not challenging your knowledge.... I would just like to know. Like when someone asks me a tax code or financial/accounting reporting question....I site the IRS interpretations, SEC regulations, and GAAP (which change relatively frequently and sometime retroactively) .
4th (B)
. I will ask over and over again, via the forum regadless of what is in the library, youtube, including what Moses may walk down from a mountain holding on tablets about drill bit technology (sarcasm intended - for emphasis). My questions, including the ones that would lead one to believe that I have the IQ of a finial will keep coming, in addition to the ones that I asked before and I am just too lazy to look-up again. I am fully aware that no owes me an response, but I am enjoying the fellowship and exchanges (and care less about what others think of my IQ, intentions, etc.)
I must have added 10 to 15 names to my phone directory in the last 4 months of folks that don't know what to do for me first. I have only begun to return some of the favors. I wouldn't have acquired those names (and who I now consider my friends) as quickly if I had only consulted the library.
Lastly I don't understand how to interpret your comment regarding "Steve's" HF bits (buy them?, don't buy them?.....) but thank you for taking the time to respond.
Best,
Tony