Diamond Core Drills for Photonics / Precision Optics

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Electroplated Multi-Layered (nickel bonded) core drills available from inventory in 1/8" to 3" Diameter. Are the most inexpensive drills. Perfect for small jobs, beginning users, smooth surface finish. Not recommended for hard materials. Drilling Life: 350+ holes on most materials.  more >>> 

Used in specialty, high production, and R & D applications. Manufactured in different specifications, OD & ID diameters, drilling depths, bond types, diamond mesh sizes, mountings, and tolerances. To better fit your specific needs & requirements.  more >>>

Designed for the professional users with large diamond drilling requirements. Perfect for faster and rougher drilling of optical materials. Available from inventory 1/8" to 6" OD. Drilling Life: 2,000+ holes on most materials. The most widely used and preferred diamond drills in the industry. more >>>

Thin Wall Multi-Layered Electroplated Diamond Core Drills. Provides less loss of material, smoother material surface finish, less chipping & minimizing mater structure deformation associated with drilling. Prefect for Small Production, R & D, of full range of Optical Materials. Available from inventory in various diameters from 3/16" to 2-1/2".   more >>>

Thin Wall Sintered (Metal Bond) Diamond Core Drills provide precision drilling performance and minimum loss of material. Provides very long life and consistent drilling performance. 1/8" to 12" Diameter. Manufactured to better fit your needs and requirements.  more >>>

THIN WALL SINTERED (METAL BOND) Diamond Core Drills - Wall Thickness: 0.5mm (.0196") provide, long lasting, faster drilling (RPM), and minimum heat generation performance. All drills are available with either 5/8-11" female thread to fit water swivel adapter Model 5811 or 1/2" gas male thread (Belgium mount) to fit water swivel adapter Model 12GF. Available from inventory in various diameters from 1/8" to 2-1/2".   more >>>

Electroplated & Metal Bond Diamond Solid Thin Drills are available from inventory in 0.75mm to 2.5mm. Used for ceramics, glass, stone, precious stone, composites, & many other materials. Used on: Foredom, Dremel Machines, High Speed Air Spindles, & other equipment running at 9,000+ RPM. more >>>

Micro Diamond Drills are available from .001" to .035" in diameter (25 microns and up). Provide most precision drilling performance on alumina, glass, ruby, sapphire, yag, silicon, fused quartz, bk7 and many other materials. Natural Diamond is used for most advanced & optical types of materials. CBN (cubic boron nitride) for materials with high metallic content.  more >>>

Water Swivel Adapters (Drill head assemblies) & Shank Adapters to provide high pressure of coolant through center of your drills. Increase life of your drills up to 75% & improve surface finish. Available from inventory for any type of drilling equipment.  more >>>

When added to water SMART CUT™ synthetic water soluble coolant or Mineral Oil will improve your overall diamond drilling operation by as much as 30%. Plain water evaporates at 212 F. Temperature at drilling zones reaches 500 F.  Water evaporates, before it cools diamond drill & Material. Resulting in shorter Diamond Drill Life, Material Damage or micro cracks associated with overheating. Improve Drilling Speed, Increase Drill Life, Improve Surface Finish, Minimize Chipping, Reduce Cracking  more >>>

Diamond Bottoming / Non Coring Drills

Diamond Bottoming Drills/Tools are used for making Blind Holes in all types of material ranging in hardness. Works by grinding the bottom and inside of the hole to a flat surface. Bottoming tool does not have a core. Used in conjunction with sintered (metal bond) diamond core drill as two step operation. more >>>

Dressing Sticks

Sintered (Metal Bond) Diamond Drills should be periodically dressed, in order to rexpose new diamonds. Otherwise, the diamond tool will glaze over. They will begin to tear rather than grind which is very destructive. Tearing caused from unexposed diamonds creates friction. This causes uneven wear and heat cracks in the diamond tool as well as material being drilled. Resulting in premature diamond tool wear, blade tensioning problems, and will eventually destroy the diamond tool. The more a diamond drill is dress the faster and more consistently it will drill.    more >>>