tapered drill bits

timothy thorpe · Post by **timothy thorpe** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:03 am

hi guys, just wondering were to get a new tapered drill bit for stems. i have bought one in the past form mcfeeley's. but it seems the shipping is way to expensive!! thanks, tim

bvartist · Post by **bvartist** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:24 am

http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/main.do

I've never ordered from Jamestown, but they were recommended when Bits-n-bores closed down. I'll bet McMaster Carr has them too.

timothy thorpe · Post by **timothy thorpe** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:27 am

bvartist wrote:http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/main.do

I've never ordered from Jamestown, but they were recommended when Bits-n-bores closed down. I'll bet McMaster Carr has them too.

thanks!! very much

hazmat · Post by **hazmat** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:04 am

I got the ones I'm using from Jamestown. Prices were fine, shipping always sucks but see if you can find one at Lowe's.. not likely.

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 9:24 am

bvartist wrote:http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/main.do

I've never ordered from Jamestown, but they were recommended when Bits-n-bores closed down. I'll bet McMaster Carr has them too.

Jamestown Distributors actually bought out the stock of Bits-n-bores a year or so ago. However, they don't seem to carry all of the W.L. Fuller products like Bits-n-Bores did.

This page:
http://www.wlfuller.com/html/order_on-line.html
Has links to all the online retailers, so there's bound to be one that carries what you need. Like the Extra Length taper bits - though I'll bet that Jamestown Distributors would work with you to get some of those.

hazmat · Post by **hazmat** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:39 am

Jamestown has the longer lenth tapered bits. They were listed in their recent product catalog as available.

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:31 pm

hazmat wrote:Jamestown has the longer lenth tapered bits. They were listed in their recent product catalog as available.

The "long" or the "extra"? The "long" (which I see listed on their site) is about 5-1/2" long, while the "extra" is about 8 inches over all (and I coldn't find on their site). W.L. Fuller makes four sizes, short, regular, long, and extra - with the first three available in general purpose or fast twist.

hazmat · Post by **hazmat** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:36 pm

Ooops.. just the "long" 5.5 inch dealies. I haven't yet had need for anything longer than that so I never looked. I DID NOT see anything longer than 5.5 offered in their catalog.

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:41 pm

Poop.