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another trick is peck drilling. I have not any machining in a while, so bear with me. Set the quill for a very shallow cut, like .01, advance quill, another .01. I know it's slow but I have never broke a tiny drill bit. I should mention the chuck nets to be dead on, if possible.
 
Just curious if anyone has tried a round nose milling cutter as a drill bit for brass? From the angles of sharpening it looks like it might work and any chips will be extracted quickly. They come is solid carbide too.
 
Forget the curiosity. I tried it and not a big improvement.
 
I've had very good service from small drill bits from Tracy Tools in the UK. Reasonably priced too.
 
Little Machine Shop sells a nice "sensitive drill feed" - also available from some of the other usual places if you shop around. Also useful for very small taps.
 
I found these from banggood in china

https://www.banggood.com/Drillpro-1...ainless-Steel-Aluminium-Copper-p-1096838.html
https://www.banggood.com/Drillpro-1...ainless-Steel-Aluminium-Copper-p-1096838.html
I thought more Chinese rubbish and didn't hold out much hope till I tried them

I was very pleasantly surprised, in fact they were some of the best drills I had ever used (especially at about £6.50 a set)

I think they are available in smaller sizes but for very small ones (less than 1mm) I tend to use solid carbide drills

Best Regards Mark
 

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