09-18-2012, 09:35 AM
(09-18-2012, 09:09 AM)TomG Wrote: I don't use a pilot drill for drills up to 1/2". Most of my smaller drills have a split point, so they don't require a pilot but even if they didn't, the chisel point on a 1/2" drill is not large enough to worry about.
Tom
I guess I'm in the middle then.
Split points go straight in, but 1/4" is my limit for chisel points. Anything larger than that gets a pilot hole the width of the chisel point on the final drill size, and I go straight to it.
Willie