Anyone remember these Stanley bits?
As far as I know, they are no longer made, probably because they were prone to snapping at the point where the bit profile flattens when using with a power drill. Still, they were the best bit I've used, as they just scored the surface with two lips and the screw head pulled in beautifully. Most types available these days will pilot for their whole length and not have a clearance section, and also tear around the rim of the countersink a little. They had a long parallel section also for a deep recess/counterbore which then took a standard plug cut with a plug cutter. The downside was that you were meant to buy one for each screw size, and they were quite expensive.
I've now just about run out, even with grinding the broken ones to a point.
Can members recommend anything current to match it?
Have most people moved to metric screws? I'm still on No.8s et c but will move to metric to match a new bit if it's a nice one.
Cheers, O
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As far as I know, they are no longer made, probably because they were prone to snapping at the point where the bit profile flattens when using with a power drill. Still, they were the best bit I've used, as they just scored the surface with two lips and the screw head pulled in beautifully. Most types available these days will pilot for their whole length and not have a clearance section, and also tear around the rim of the countersink a little. They had a long parallel section also for a deep recess/counterbore which then took a standard plug cut with a plug cutter. The downside was that you were meant to buy one for each screw size, and they were quite expensive.
I've now just about run out, even with grinding the broken ones to a point.
Can members recommend anything current to match it?
Have most people moved to metric screws? I'm still on No.8s et c but will move to metric to match a new bit if it's a nice one.
Cheers, O
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