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The cheapest set I can find online in France (19 bits, TiN coated HSS) is 86€. Is that normal?
Gotcha about the leather. I have a few pieces of wood laying around, a cutting mat and some EVA foam, so I think I'll be fine for now.
And yes, a pillar drill would be dreamy, but alas as an apartment dweller who greatly needs to reduce the amount of things he owns, I'll stick with the hand drill for now. It's also not super practical for mudguards, we have two big ones at work and I couldn't drill them with the pillar drill, I think the curvature made it impossible because it was hitting the body of the drill.
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Dormer are the only drill bits worth buying. Buy a generic multipack so you’re covered on all sizes then just get multiples of stuff you’ll use every day. I have managed to resharpen cheap ones down to about 3.5mm but they’re a bit wonky usually.
I meant the bit of leather to act as a pad for hammering/working against, not for cutting washers.
Also, if you have the space a little hobby pillar drill is a game changer - they come up in Lidl/Aldi sometimes for cheap.
We have a big 1970s Meddings pillar drill at work, it’s a bit scary but does a great job. I don’t really drill metal by hand anymore tbh.