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Tutorial - Making a drill bit in SolidWorks?

By Sudhir Gill on 05 Feb 07:54 4 answers 1704 views 1 comment

Tutorial on making a drill bit in SolidWorks.

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  • Sudhir Gill
    Sudhir Gill over 1 year ago

    Here is the Tutorial.

    1. Step 1

      Start SolidWorks in Part mode.

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    2. Step 2

      Front Plane>>Sketch and draw a circle.

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    3. Step 3

      Extrude it.

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    4. Step 4

      Select the front face of the cylinder>>sketch.

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    5. Step 5

      Make two circles.

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    6. Step 6

      Extrude cut it.

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    7. Step 7

      Right Plane>>Sketch.

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    8. Step 8

      Make a profile like this one.

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    9. Step 9

      Revolve cut it.

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    10. Step 10

      Insert>>feature>>flex.

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    11. Step 11

      Select the body as the flex input. Change the type to twisting and enter an angle value of 300 degree or something like that.

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    12. Step 12

      Click OK and we have the drill bit.

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  • Andrew
    Andrew over 1 year ago

    Thats pretty neat and easy never thought about designing a drill bit

  • Josh
    Josh 3 months ago

    If you make a drill like that it won't cut. Flexing could be used to remove the need for the helix, but the chisel angle and cutting edges do not exist with this simple revolve. Even if they did, there's no back clearance so the drill would break or the item being drilled would melt.

    Check out this tutorial. http://www.solid3ddesigns.com/tuts/drill-bit/drill-bit/drill-bit.html

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