I was never able to find metric drill bits in any store, always had to look online and that made it time consuming when you wanted to do something that day.
I always looked, but never found any millimetre size bits in any store and that was the only type I was going to buy. As an aside, I shipped my table saw over here, turns out the European standard is a 30 mm mandrel, the standard in the US is 5/8” or about 16 mm. It is possible to get inserts here to match the US mandrel size. Mike Payne > On 15 Jan 2015, at 20:49, James <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sears sells metric drill bits. I believe that Lowe's does as well. > > Jim > > On 2015-01-15 13:07, Michael Payne wrote: >> I’m going to forward some observations of buying things here in France. >> Such a joy to have everything metric. >> >> Irwin is a US company, but these metric drill bits are made in Germany. >> Irwin was founded in Martinsville Ohio in 1885, it’s presently based in >> Huntersville NC. Not sure if you can buy the metric bits in the US. >> >> If anyone wants metric bits or other things, maybe I can help out. >> >> Mike Payne >> Montjoi, France. >> 100 km north of Toulouse. >> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>> *Subject: **Drill bits* >>> *From: *Michael Payne <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> *Date: *13 Jan 2015 13:24:26 CET >>> *To: *Michael Payne <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Envoye de Mon iPhone >>> Je suis Charlie >>> >> > > > -- > James R. Frysinger > 632 Stoney Point Mountain Road > Doyle TN 38559-3030 > > (C) 931.212.0267 > (H) 931.657.3107 > (F) 931.657.3108 >
