Talk:Drill bit

This is a mine of information but a bit of a big wodge to digest.

• Apart from adding my own £0.02'orth on Masonry & Universal bits I've tried to condense it a bit by bringing SDS under Masonry in general.

• I think it's probabaly more useful to the DIYer to have an exposition on drills by purpose (Wood, Metal, Masonry) rather than, say, an alphabetic list of all known drill types. If someone wants to know, say, what is a Forstner bit then they'll probably use the Search function which should find it. From that POV they should probably find that it's a type of wood drill (or whatever).

• Couldn't the article on superhard drill bits be a section within this one? Or maybe we should go the other way and break out say Masonry, Metal and Wood-cutting bits into their own sections? Or perhaps one article on types of drills and another on use, maintenance and repair of them? Maybe best to keep it all in one lump to start with and see which way makes sense to break it up as it grows.

• We need something on holesaws and core drills. I could do something when/if the Round Tuits are available :-) We could also have something on drilling machines, particularly for core drilling.

• NT - I've removed your attribution at the bottom of the page since

1. it's no longer entirely your work (and I'm sure you wouldn't want to be blamed for my contributions :-)), and
2. the History page (http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Drill_Bits&action=history) shows attributions anyway.

--John Stumbles 13:05, 4 January 2007 (GMT)