HHIP 2000-0389 Steel HSS Round Tool Bit, 1/2" x 6"

Purchased the blank to make my broach. Worked perfectly! Cut great! Held up strong. I cut 6061 aluminum with it

Quality looks perfect . It's dimensions are spot in for what I need. I'm going to chuck it up in my lathe between center and run a dial indicator down it to verify the centerline of the tail stock. This won't flex.

This is basically just your standard 3/8" drill blank. It worked perfectly for what I needed it for. It was well protected and packaged and arrived quickly. What more could you ask for?I would recommend this if you need a drill blank for a project.

Not much to them. They’re round, straight, and made of steel.

I bought this to put into a drill press to test the runout with a dial gauge. Unfortunately the runout was worse with this in than a regular drill bit.! I put this drill blank on a precision ground surface and did the flashlight behind it and roll trick and sure enough, light was creeping under depending on what part of the drill blank was contacting the flat surface, meaning it is not true, flat, whatever term you want to use. Maybe this one is a fluke or got damaged during shipping, but it isn't a tight tolerance drill blank.

I saw a video about a tool bit being used in place of a ReedGeek tool https://www.amazon.com/ReedGeek-Universal-Reed-Tool-Classic/dp/B07NSFBMVW , and I decided to try it. After all, if you can save $60, why not? Now that I've used it, I can see the video was right. You can definitely substitute this tool bit for a ReedGeek. It's not identical, but it's pretty close and does the job. What I learned about using this type of tool, though, is it's pretty hard to gauge exactly how much wood you have removed from the reed. It's easy to take off too much, or to use it unevenly. I found that it was much easier to simply use some 600-800 grit sandpaper to get the results I wanted. And when I did, pretty much every reed I adjusted became playable! I never knew that a few scrapes here and there on a reed could take it from terrible to terrific! So, I highly recommend trying some fine sandpaper first, and if you would like to try the ReedGeek, just buy one of these tool bits instead. Then try it. You'll see what I mean.

I bought this to grind into a one-point tool for woodturning. I’m pleased with the quality and hardness. Tolerances are more than adequate for my application.

Great product.