Drill bits for tobacco pipe making

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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