Negative Rake Drill bits??

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jttheclockman

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Has anyone ever tried negative rake drill bits for drilling anything such as hard woods or non ferrous metals. Wondering if this would be an answer to drilling finicky segmented blanks. I stumbled on this company. Not sure if there are others out there. Thought I would throw it out to the masses here. i know negative rake turning tools has become a big hit. Maybe something to the technology. What say you?

https://kmtools.com/pages/km-tools-negative-rake-drill-bit-set
 
I was hopeful.

I read a long time ago that filing the sharp leading edge of drill bits to make them "square" works well for drilling plastics (turning the chisel-like leading edge into a scraper, which reduces the digging-in and tearing-out). One of these days I'll take a diamond file and butcher a cheap bit and do a side-by-side test to see if it makes a difference.

But ... looking closely at their video, that's not what they mean. The cutting edge at the end of the flute appears to be as sharp as a normal drill bit - from what I can see, these are a modified brad point bit, only the brad point is filed with a "negative rake". I really cannot see how that will make a difference. Maybe it does work. TAP Plastics make drill bits with a more acute angle at the tip (about 60 degrees included angle instead of the more usual 118 degrees). I haven't tried them yet either.

KM tools neg rake drill bit.jpg
 
to drill phosphor bronze or brass you take the edge of the tip with a diamond hone so they don't grab but for hard woods wouldn't see this making a difference to be honest. it's the helix angle ie the edge and spiral angle of the flute that causes a problem in metal
 
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