/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2018551
135 degree split point bits are good all around for wood, plastic, and metal. HSS (high speed steel) is sort of the standsrd mid-range material, some will be gold colored and advertised as “titanium” but that is just a coating that makes the outside a bit harder and slicker, “Black Oxide” is about the same but not quite as good, they’re all HSS. Cobalt is the next step up for drilling hard metals, I would stay away for now because they’re unforgiving and break easily.

The masonry bits... do you own a drill with a hammer mechanism? If not, don’t even do it because regular drills barely work on masonry.

What other brands do they have? The Ryobi bits are typically sort of mid to lower middle range, but they should be fine for wood. Here in the US, DeWalt’s Titanium Nitride coated bits are always pretty solid for a fair price, not real heavy duty for tons of metal, but a good mid-range.

>>1939163
Do you want drill bits for making holes? Or driver bits for driving screws? Or both?

I like the Milwaukee bits a lot, but all of the big name power tool brand bits are straight like DeWalt, Bosch, Makita, look for an assortment on sale at Home Depot or Lowe’s. You can often find some big DeWalt sets for real cheap and they’re pretty good, pic related was $25 at Lowe’s.

There are better brands but it would be a waste of money unless you know exactly what you want/need.

>>1504526
Where did you buy them at? A lot of stores will give you the difference back when sonething goes on sale within a week or two of buying it. Depends how bad you want that $7.

I got this stupid ass bit set for like $15 awhile back. Didn’t need them and I haven’t used a single one. They’re pretty decent bits though, the gold drill bits hold up a lot longer than these B&D and Ryobi branded sets I was using.