Drill bit

A method of manufacturing a drill bit, the method comprising:

• providing a piece of bar stock having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an axis of rotation extending centrally through the bar stock between the first and second ends;
• cutting the first end of the bar stock to form a cone having a second tip angle measured through the axis of rotation;
• further cutting the cone at the first end of the bar stock to form a pilot tip with a first cutting edge, a second cutting edge, linear first tip surfaces, and linear second tip surfaces, each set of first and second tip surfaces positioned on opposite sides of the pilot tip, each first tip surface extending radially outward from the pilot tip to a corresponding second tip surface to form a vertex with the corresponding second tip surface, the first tip surfaces defining a first tip angle through the axis of rotation that is less than 180 degrees, the second tip surfaces defining a second tip angle through the axis of rotation that is smaller than the first tip angle, the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge each defining an outer peripheral surface, the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge extend radially outward from the axis of rotation towards a respective outer peripheral surface, each respective outer peripheral surface extending generally parallel to the axis of rotation from each respective first and second cutting edges to each of the respective first tip surfaces, so as to form a step between the first and second cutting edges and their respective first tip surfaces;
• forming a flute in the bar stock between the first and second ends;
• and
• forming a shank at the second end of the bar stock.