A man on the telly

[8ob]

Was demonstrating a set of drills that would drill through anything, combos of steel,wood ,brick and everything in between.He even tried to blunt it on a bench grinder and it still drilled straight through a brake disc. Are these for real or are these telesales demos just a carefully orchestrated con
At £40 a set it would appear to be the last set of drills you would ever buy.

Bob

 

[cheb]

Does it seem to good to be true? There's been other threads on this on here, I'm struggling to think of a suitable keyword for the search though.

 

[zzr1200]

Drill Scam.... ....

 

[123hotchef]

Was demonstrating a set of drills that would drill through anything, combos of steel,wood ,brick and everything in between.He even tried to blunt it on a bench grinder and it still drilled straight through a brake disc. Are these for real or are these telesales demos just a carefully orchestrated con
At £40 a set it would appear to be the last set of drills you would ever buy.

Bob

Carp I reakon see carp like that before on those carp shopping channels that sell carp

 

[Brad93]

Carbide. You might as well sharpen up a masonry bit.

 

[johnik]

saw someone selling these at a car show, they were amazing, bought one, took it home, it was carp , i imagine the discs have been heat treated or similar to make them soft

 

[Seadog]

Frhei used to be one of the regular visitors to exhibitions.

 

[8ob]

saw someone selling these at a car show, they were amazing, bought one, took it home, it was carp , i imagine the discs have been heat treated or similar to make them soft

Maybe, with the same bit he was drilling through glass, brick, discs and at the end drilled straight through the side of a huge blacksmiths drill bit.

Bob

 

[My Old Landy]

saw someone selling these at a car show, they were amazing, bought one, took it home, it was carp , i imagine the discs have been heat treated or similar to make them soft

I remember my father buying a set from the motorcycle show (used to be in Earls Court) and getting quite upset when he found he had been duped!

 

[frank horton]

I have seen the same guy's at car shows....
I said I'll give him the money but I want the set he's already used.....
OH u cant have them because they have been used.....hahaha...
said I dont care, picked up his box and offered the money.....he snatched the drills outta my hand and said keep ur money....
so I emptied his little stall.....
obv not the same qual of drill sold as the ones he uses.....

 

[grim_d]

A bit like the multi purpose drill bits sold by Bosch and the likes I'd imagine.

Bosch ones are great for masonry and tile, average on anything else (unsurprisingly) but would get you going in a pinch.

 

[pedrobedro]

Bike shop was trying to drill a stainless bracket and had work hardened it so were getting nowhere. I got a masonry bit, sharpened it and told him to drill it flat out but the bit would be knackered after which they were happy with. It got the job done but at one drill bit per hole you wouldn't want to do many.

 

[MysterG]

No been to a big car show for many years. Do they still have the man polishing a red Mini bonnet, pouring lighter fuel on it and setting it alight

 

[a111r]

Was that the 'Mer' man?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Maybe, with the same bit he was drilling through glass, brick, discs and at the end drilled straight through the side of a huge blacksmiths drill bit.

Bob

Never need the drills, you should have taken him on - he could have been the solution to all and any future breakdown problems!

No been to a big car show for many years. Do they still have the man polishing a red Mini bonnet, pouring lighter fuel on it and setting it alight

Demonstrating/selling Mer polish iirc? You can still buy it online I believe.....

 

[bricol]

Ever seen an engineering company using those drills . . . ? Or them being sold by engineering suppliers?

 

[My Old Landy]

Ever seen an engineering company using those drills . . . ? Or them being sold by engineering suppliers?

Don't they usually advertise it as the equipment 'engineering firms don't want you to find out about' type of thing?
All snake oil and the like

 

[Munkul]

The one company that sells stuff that's too good to be true, is HMT. Their impactadrills and taps and reamers etc are very, very impressive. Have you ever seen a 14mm drill bit in an impact gun chew through 8mm of steel in around 10 seconds? And then do it again, and again?!

Unfortunately they come with impressive price tags, too...

 

[Kram]

Or them being sold by engineering suppliers?

Yes but you wont get a set for 40 quid. Normally used by cnc'ists as they are too veasy to chip or snap with manual drilling.

I use the small size stub drills for pilot drilling. They dont bend or go off sideways like a normal hss can.
3.1mm were on clearance for a pound so I got a few.
www.zoro.co.uk/shop/cutting-tools/carbide-stub/carbide-straight-shank-stub-drills-metric/f/115?productsDisplayed=100

The ones on telly would have been cheap tipped drills, masonary bits reground. Proper carbide for the demo?

A decent hss cobalt set would be better choice for most on stainless, and plain hss for everything else.

 

[Barking Mat]

The old dictum goes....

If it seems to good to be true....

It probably is.