Hi all,
after just having drilled 100some mgambo seeds, using the same drill bit that I had used before to double drill Royal Poinciana seeds, maybe 150 holes total, my drill bit is rather blunt. This is a plain drill bit I got at Ace Hardware, supposedly for metal, plastic and wood. As I;m also thinking of drilling sea glass, what's a good place to get drill bits, about 3/16"? Similar drill bits run about half the price at our local Home Depot, but I'd rather get something that lasts longer, and that I can also use for sea glass. One thing I have learned is that I can't keep drilling mgambo seeds at $0.05 per as I did for this one local customer as that nets me about $3-4/hour (i.e. subtract the drill bit).
BTW, I'm drilling free hand with a flex shaft. - DH got the old Dremel to work with the flex shaft again, it took taking apart, a hammer, and a good bit of WD40. We're sitting in major amounts of sulphuric acid in the air that corrodes just about anything, especially taken together with our usually high humidity, salt from the ocean in the air and relatively high temperatures. -
Thanks, Maren HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry