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Moorey:
Get a set of left hand drill bits and keep them just for head/ broken stud removal. A lot of the time they just unwind the screw you need out.

davefirestorm:
Was going to suggest the left hand drill trick and it usualy works,I’ve just bought an impact driver at a bootsale and had success with that,only cost me£2 ;D

adespin:
My advise to you is, buy the best drill available, not the cheap chinese sold by the likes of Aldi and Lidle. I use Dormer they are the best, https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjJ47a0_JPlAhUUXMAKHRPvDsYQFjAJegQIBhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fslp%2Fdormer-drill-bits%2Fthyoqg3x9yskv9u&usg=AOvVaw1pgbmVL1KUk1YuDGfTi54f

I have used these for the past 55 years since i was an apprentice in a engineering company.

Colonial-Clive (yindi):
Aldi have a great drill bit sharpener at the moment £15ish no garage should be without one.

matthewmosse:
Speed is often what kills drill bits. Dormer drills are great ( Presto also a top notch brand) but if you blunt off Lidl bits it's likely you'll blunt off or snap the expensive ones just as quick. Lidl drill sharpening jigs are a cost effective tool - I have one but find it easier to just sharpen freehand so have not used the jigs yet, theres only room for so many bench grinders on the table and I tend to sharpen as I go, if I decide to do a batch the jig might get setup, I found the chainsaw sharpening machine to be very good as long as you use it gently, a friend of mine told me his is awful as it has too much play, I can see what he means but if you dont force it or try to work fast, its actually very effective and faster than a file, if the chains hit a nail, possibly I am faster with a file if its just a quick dress from normal wear, but that because I have a over a decades experience of sharpening the old fashioned way. The jigs are dead handy to use if you are not confident to sharpen freehand.

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