Drilling Brass: the easy and safe way ⋆ handycrowd.com
2016-1-28u2002·u2002Brass has a tendency to grab the sharp edge on drill bits. Bits for brass, whether drill bits or turning bits for the lathe are supposed to have a zero rake cutting edge. That way, they will not grab, and, it's simply the proper tool bit geometry for brass. I keep an extra set of drill bits just for brass. All ground as shown below.
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