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Hole-making tools split by material hardness, hole size and how the hole needs to look when you're done. Drilling, sizing and finishing are three different jobs, and picking the right tool for each saves time and tool life.
HSS, HSS-E and Powder Metal Drills: HSS suits general-purpose drilling in mild steel, aluminium and plastics. HSS-E (cobalt-alloyed) resists higher temperatures and holds up better in tougher, more abrasive materials. Powder metal (PM) drills push hardness and wear resistance further still, for high-volume or abrasive work.
Carbide Drills: rigid enough to run at higher speeds and feeds with minimal deflection, carbide is the choice once you're drilling hardened steel or stainless, or need tight positional accuracy.
Reamers: a finishing operation, not a drilling one. Reamers enlarge and size a pre-drilled hole to a precise diameter and surface finish, removing only a small amount of material.
Spade Drills: a flat, replaceable-insert design for large-diameter holes, letting you swap the cutting edge instead of the whole tool as it wears.
Flat Bottom Drills: designed to start and cut cleanly on angled, curved or interrupted surfaces where a standard twist drill would skate or wander.
Indexable Drills: replaceable-insert drill bodies for high-volume production, where swapping an insert is far cheaper than replacing a solid tool.
Micro Drills: small-diameter drills, roughly 0.1mm to 3mm, for electronics, medical components and other fine precision work — these need careful speed and feed control to avoid breakage.
Varicut Drills: variable-pitch flute geometry improves chip evacuation and reduces vibration, useful in materials that produce long stringy chips or in deeper holes.
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