Drill bits for tobacco pipe making
Bowl drills are hand ground to a U shaped profile
and fit a 13mm chuck, piloting part way
is recommended for these.
A common tip for getting the depth right is to put something
such as a cotton bud into the draft hole and it will jerk about when the bowl drill hits it.
Draft drillswith depth stop
are longer drill bits
for joining the tenon hole to the bowl
150mm long, to produce the draft
tapered drill bit is 85mm overall with a 50mm drill length
Tenon drills for accurately drilling the blank to take the stem tenon
they have a brad and spur pattern for reduced tearing and accurate cutting.
Drill Depth stop collars
set of eight 3mm 4mm 5mm 6mm 8mm 10mm 12mm & 16mm
combined draft & tenon bits
two sizes, 3mm draft drill with 7mm flat bottom tenon drill
4mm draft drill with 10mm tenon, depth of inner drill is
adjustable for depth. Use only for straight pattern pipes.
With these you may wish to stop the hole short of the bowl and continue with a smaller diameter draft drill.
Tenon squaring Cutter
With pin to fit into tenon hole in the pipe
select the pin to fit your tenon hole and use it to guide the
cutter onto the
6.2mm 6.6mm, 7.1mm 8.5 mm, 9.1mm 10.6mm
plus a spacer tube to take the 7.1 up to 7.75mm
1/4" shaft
cutters to square the blank at 14mm and 19mm diameter,
Blacksmiths Drills
Oversize drill bits with 12mm shank
standard drill point for shaping the bowl bottom
yourself M2 6542 steel (W6Mo5Cr4V2)
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