Piercing burrs

[Derek]

For all woodturners who do piercing work where do you find the best place to buy burrs 1/8" diameter and smaller

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

Try a dental supplies merchant. I think the one I use is called Sky dental.

[Duncan A]

I don't do piercing but I recall Jenny Starbuck recommending dental burrs from dentalsky.com.

Oops I see BHT beat me to it.

I do also get the feeling that piercing is much easier and more controllable with very high speed machines rather than the slower 20k rpm jobbies.

Duncan

[Derek]

Thank you guys someone else recommended some others on a different site so now on order just hope the one I have does break until Tuesday.

Again thank you for pointing me to another source which I have bookmarked

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

Derek it would be good if you reciprocated and show us your sources too.

[Derek]

Derek it would be good if you reciprocated and show us your sources too.

That is fine they are some that Mark Sanger uses which I ordered off of e bay they are not diamond ones but they are the same as some I have been using and had for a good 10 years. So have lasted well

THESE are the ones I have just ordered

[The Bowler Hatted Turner]

Thanks Derek, another one added to the list.

[Derek]

Thanks Derek, another one added to the list.

For thin ones only use enough sideways pressure to let it cut being heavy-handed can break them yes you guessed it that is how I broke the last one

[bodrighywood]

Looking at the 'burrs' on the dental sky.com site I see they are all drills not burrs as I know them or am I looking in the wrong place? Also what diameter are the shafts on them? they look very fine so not sure I would have a collet that fits them?

Pete