>> Bearing in mind what you said, my experience is that carbide /
>> carbide-cobalt are good value.

Especially with the PCB industry throwing them away after perhaps half
of their nominal life, so that "used" carbide drills are widely 
available
from surplus dealers at a fraction of their original price.

BillW
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