Drill Bits 101 (how a drill bit is made)

Take a look at our manufacturing process and see what exactly goes into making drill bits! Right here in Chisholm Minnesota!

[@nathan87]

Oh I see so you make a drill bit by putting some metal bar into a drill bit making machine. got it.

[@skylined5534]

Did you think they were hand carved by elves?

[@cgnovice2969]

”How are drill bit machines made?”

[@zekeabercrombie1242]

I just woke up and this was running. Worth watching. Your drills are the best.

[@catfan5756]

I would never be so careless with the tools we make. But ours are for the aerospace industry and they are carbide. There is no way they are the Best. But we probably have different uses.

[@zekeabercrombie3583]

@@catfan5756 What tools do you make? Carbide and HSS tools are used for much different purposes. I've used Triumph drills for many years.

[@catfan5756]

@@zekeabercrombie3583 we make everything drills, endmills, taper endmills, reamers. Lollipops, boring bars. carbide has a tendency to chip and fracture. I'm not saying they are bad tools, I'm just saying we would never stack tools like that. We would have a bunch of scrap if we did.

[@RacingHeadInnovation]

It's cool this came up in my recommend videos. You guys make one heck of a good product. I've been slowly switching over to Triumph for the least few years and couldn't be happier.

[@Locoman3801]

Many Thanks for sharing your video , I've often wondered as to how drill bits were made & know I have an idea but it'd be great to see how the cutting edges are actually done within the machines so I can get a much better understanding of how it done ; we don't get these here in Oz ( Australia ) but they look like they're much better quality than what we can get here.

[@BurtonsAttic]

Cool to see the whole process. Been using drill bits my whole adult life but I've never seen one made until now. A lot of steps! I need one of those indexes!

[@wpowerwagon]

I often wonder how they were made, it’s a really cool process, thanks for showing, and sharing your video

[@jostouw4366]

Lets hope your second video shows the actual manufacturing of a product the most informative part was the boxing up!

[@dpeter6396]

Great product! I have quite a few Triumph bits and they are second to none.

[@12pharro]

Why did I not know about this? God bless iron country. Greetings from Two Harbors and good job Jason manning

[@mnmetalhed1]

I'm from Hibbing so it's cool to see something from back home other than just the mines

[@charliedevine6869]

I want some of these made-in-USA drill bits.

[@jlawlar]

great job

[@jmyers9853]

the heat treat is the secret to a good drill. i remember years ago when foreign drills came into the US, the heat treat was almost non existent, they even bent. some of the cheap ones today are soft still

[@jkdwayne]

Best Twist drills ive ever used

[@brandoncole6358]

Was that Mike rowe at 1:22

[@Astallder]

The only reason I searched for this is to see how the flutes are cut. Legitimately everything else is explained well, while the fluting is just skipped.

[@kenkauzens7984]

You missed it, they are ground in

[@kingozymandias2988]

Adam Brooke kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZLTo2R8bp1loMU You are welcome

[@Astallder]

@@kingozymandias2988 I thank you, your majesty. That's exactly what I was looking for :)

[@catfan5756]

The tool is put in a collet with a rotating a axis. We dress a grinding wheel with a -10 degree wheel. The end is where the real action is. Different tool lengths and diameters can make this tricky, Small diameter long tools are the worst.

[@hardikvyas9949]

Nice video

[@elujasong]

This video just completely skipped the part of making flutes lmao

[@IwokeUpInSOMA]

2:54 albeit, it doesnt show us (how) that fluter works to grind in the flutes

[@SerBallister]

That's probably the secret sauce of their whole business

[@catfan5756]

No secret sauce. Everyone in the business knows how to flute a tool. It is the easiest part of the process.

[@snusmumriken232]

@@catfan5756 I have a tool you can flute on bud

[@kingozymandias2988]

@@catfan5756 aha, fluting is the easiest part of grinding a tool😏

[@vrokhlenko]

Interestingly, flutes are made after heat treatment. We are talking shaping metal that is about 62HRC hard...

[@patrickgoerdt6543]

Depends on the steel grade. Cobalt is 68HRC and M2 is 65HRC

[@kevinschlipalius5359]

Hi my name is Kevin from Aus wat is the smallest drill you make, we by our drills from suttens tools Melbourne vic .

[@davem3789]

You guys should sell sets direct to the public.

[@mayom277]

Excelentes broncas, felicidades!!'saludos desde México.

[@tomhill3248]

So that's why drill bits are so expensive! Making them sure looks like a pain in the ass.

[@SevenDeMagnus]

Amazing

[@KambizRezaei33]

Perfect thank you

[@metalworksmachineshop]

You also need to make a set for collets. The reduction and the flat isnt good on a R8 or R32 collet. Id like to try a set of drlls on my channel..

[@joshuagibson2520]

I never had a prob with R8 and flats. Just make sure the flat is in line with one of the 3 slits in the collet.

[@schsch2390]

Saw a video by iscar of bits that are made for coolant flow through. The bits are fluted straight and the coolant holes made in the web between flutes and then the whole bit is twisted mechanically into a spiral.

[@cedamsuk]

Nobody else notice that he said that less than 0.177 thousandths of an inch diameter are basketed. 1:28 Somehow I don't think that's what they meant.

[@ausgixxerpilot]

I noticed it, came here to see if anybody else did :-)

[@schsch2390]

Drill bits smaller than 0.177" are bulked into a basket that is then put into the heat treat process. Larger drill bits are suspended in arrays with the end that is gripped by the drill chuck gripped in the array. The video showed an array of larger drills coming out of the heat treater.

[@ausgixxerpilot]

@@schsch2390 Yes, the difficulty is that he said "point one-one-seven thousandths of an inch". He meant either "point one-one-seven of an inch", or "one-hundred and seventeen thousandths of an inch" - not both.

[@GT_Racer347]

Way cool 😎 👍 😍

[@jerrysimeone]

Don’t see the actual machining of the flutes and cutting edges. It comes out of the machine partially complete.

[@2011zurich]

Jerry Simeone -- I quite agree. This is a frustratingly vague presentation.

[@manstersr]

Yeah, I wanted to see how that was done. Guess I'll have to send drill bits in to the How It's Made show.

[@randydewees7338]

The operations were shown, you just can't see the grinding taking place because of the tooling and process.

[@tomhill3248]

While it would be nice to see the grooves actually being made, the machine that does that part looks incredibly bulky. Actually viewing the process might be impossible.

[@catfan5756]

I run a Walters helitronic power machine. We use a collet and a 220 grit grinding wheel with a -10 degree angle. We grind everything. You can go to a.b. tools they use a anca cnc machine.

[@glendooer6211]

Like watching a cooking show what to buy and finished product

[@rogerw2717]

@1:21 is that mike rowe?

[@bbcisrubbish]

Interesting, how on earth do they make half millimetre drills?

[@tronikaservis2130]

Good... bravo

[@franciscodaschagasmoraismo8252]

Muito bom gosto de ver como as ferramentas são feitas.

[@dragan3290]

Now i know how drill bits are made! Awesome 😊

[@v3124]

No you don't.

[@dragan3290]

@@v3124 I meant nitriding. This is done on crankshaft. But I have seen they make drillbits! It's bloody awesome!

[@daleburrell6273]

VERY INTERESTING VIDEO!!!

[@raghumaru4503]

Good job..

[@ThomasShue]

Do you guys make the Snap-on Thunder bit sets?

[@patrickgoerdt6543]

Yes we do

[@ThomasShue]

@@patrickgoerdt6543 I thought so. Whats the brand of bit I need to buy that's the same exact bit without the snapon logo/ price

[@patrickgoerdt6543]

@@ThomasShue check triumphtwistdrill.com. I dont sell them. I make them.

[@ThomasShue]

@@patrickgoerdt6543 I understand you work at the place that makes them for Snapon. What line of drills are the same as the Snapon Thunder bits, but made under the house brand name of the company you work for!

[@patrickgoerdt6543]

@@ThomasShue triumph twist drill. The only difference in them. Is that they are put in snap-on indexes. There are no brand markings on the bits. Just the size, HSS, USA

[@meilipan4344]

we manufacture tungsten carbide rod for drill bits with good quality

[@wazimedoo3067]

How they make it twist

[@mikefrech1123]

Could have been interesting. The bad "music" made it just annoying. I made it to 2:17, only because I skipped the advertising at the beginning.

[@Zzrdemon6633]

Only part I wanted to see, turning the flute! Not there

[@mr.b.w.3146]

WOW! I wanna work in a drill bit factory.......

[@terrygriffith4148]

Sounds interesting, just remember it can get "boring" after a "bit" !

[@mr.b.w.3146]

@@terrygriffith4148 Ha! Nice one......!

[@phiksit]

so you wanna be a $10 an hour temp worker with no benefits.

[@bestamerica]

' what name of company made the drill set... first mild = soft steel then cutting / grinding the drill and put hot temperature to make the drill very harden stronger metal

[@bruce257]

That's cool!!

[@Digital_pardesi]

Great job

[@funlovingJohn]

All my drill bits have the size stamped on them. I guess Triumph bits you have to use calipers to find the size you need.

[@mattiasarvidsson8522]

thats the job you get when you fail the mcdonalds interview?

[@KoreBrent]

2024 entry level starts at about 24.00/hr not life changing but fair for light effort work

[@erickelley1937]

I didn't see how the bits were made, only finished bits being spit out of the machinery!!

[@wonst186]

Inventory system at 3:30 is a MESS, how do you find anything? No wonder China makes it for shorter money...

[@antr7493]

geez get these workers some aprons

[@porkpie2884]

Hilarious narrator voice, but interesting video

[@christopher.smith.]

If they'd have drunk the potato instead of filming with it, maybe they'd have been less shaky.

[@davidhenderson3400]

Where to buy. I am sick of one time use China bits

[@charleschase1300]

Today, I saw a man talking on a telephone.

[@Digital_pardesi]

I am using tap drills

[@erickeller1982]

First thing I learned in machining, they are TWIST DRILLS.... drill BITS are for wood.

[@staffordduecker665]

Me too. I think these drills go to Home Depot or Lowe's. I've been a machinist for thirty odd years and have never seen this brand in a shop.

[@willysnowman]

@@staffordduecker665 They are a really good drill bit. Their black and gold work well for both aluminum and steel. Much less aluminum sticking than plain black oxide. Wish they would make a metric set!

[@damonjones9270]

@@staffordduecker665 look closely and you'll see these bits on the snapon truck, not home depot

[@staffordduecker665]

I believe it.@@damonjones9270

[@patrickgoerdt6543]

@@willysnowman we do! Snap on sells them

[@randymclean1114]

The only interesting part is how the helix is ground. Which was hidden inside the machine.

[@patrickgoerdt6543]

Can't show it because the grinding wheel covers are solid metal.

[@ramadanafaneh1199]

ارجو. تزويدي. بكتالوج. الات. تصنيع. ريشة الثقب

[@titantitan3030]

I have had a set of augers for about 30 years, made in the USA by the Triunth company and they have not broken a single one yet, I bought out of curiosity a similar set made in China, a disaster, they lose their edge and the one that does not stilt, like crystal

[@flamenkogasparevic2381]

Sow, how it made?

[@ellieprice3396]

Good video except for the distracting music.

Harbor Freight drill bits look nice but they are JUNK. They are the Dollar Tree tool store . Those gold plated twist drills are dull after making 8 holes in 2x4s. Maybe they are made for balsa wood or or or ...butter ?

[@ВиторКришин]

и все создано человеком !!!!

[@olhemi1]

😎👍

[@suvijakengr3374]

Thailand need American build.

[@labrat748]

Drill bits are made by sending scrap metal to Taiwan & China.

[@gary851]

moved to china to save cost

[@alexeyzdec2316]

Where is the process? Bad video about nothing!

[@chrisgreer5181]

This video sucks. I wanted to see HOW they are made. Not a brief infomercial about each process and its' description.

[@myopinion6328]

Who pays for the clothes that the employee wears...they looked filthy

[@kpadmirer]

Metal working is a dirty business. All that oil and steel chips flying around.

[@phiksit]

mostly likely non-union shop... lots of temp workers... who eat it on the cost of their work clothing.

[@consultantferret9389]

Horrivel, não mostra nada, só narra as etapas, sem ver nada

[@williebourke9962]

All we got was a commentary .We were shown nothing of the manufacturing process.Are they guarding their processes. Theres thousands of brill bit manufacturers .

[@patrickgoerdt6543]

But only three in America. And the other two use Chinese made blanks

[@baddonkey6876]

Love the drill bits, hate the voice actor

[@DudelPaul]

USA made? Lol

[@danvanhoose6783]

Thanks for including the crappy music!!!

[@rolandjollivet38]

It's disingenuous to handle the bits poorly, as in bashing together, and then wrap them individually to imply care

[@daleburrell6273]

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT?!

[@Juzzy520]

this is a false video🙄

[@ricardomaggiore5518]

Nice well made drill... Unfortunately there is china that makes it for 1/3 of the price...

[@f.d.6667]

Yeah, but look at the angles, centering, dimensional consistence and the ability to hold an edge of generic Far East no-name bits: A "HSS" China import that is dull after only 8 3/8 holes in 1/4 mild steel and that needs resharpening every 5 minutes is an expensive way to save money...

[@RacingHeadInnovation]

I cheaped out and bought China crap the first time around. Let me say you get what you pay for. I've had a number of China drill bits that weren't even hardened. China may be 1/3 the price but you'll buy 4 times.

[@bryz5232]

Try FERLIT twist drills, Henan province.

[@1pcfred]

@@RacingHeadInnovation I bought the cheapest black oxide bit set from Harbor Freight just to see how bad they really were. They drill mild steel OK. But if you need to drill harder material you need a better tool.

[@ReevansElectro]

What the heck is an "inch"? The entire world is metric except for a few hobbyists in a nearly irrelevant country.

[@bettytherussiantortoise2808]

Robert Evans yo country did not land a ma on the moon.

[@phiksit]

yeah... american exceptionalism and stubbornness. We don't even guarantee healthcare to our citizens.

[@najmaul7830]

Amazing