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Posted by Ignoramus22126 on March 20, 2007, 11:05 pm
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> I got a Drill Doctor about a year ago. Brought it home and couldn't get it
> to sharpen a drill bit to save my sole. Wrote it off as a bad investment,
> put it away and forgot about it.
> About a week ago, I needed a 1/2" bit and all that I had were dull. I
> dragged out the Drill Dr., re-read the instructions and tried to sharpen one
> of the dull bits. To my surprise, it came out very sharp!. Don't know what I
> was doing wrong before, but it works great now. Don't give up on yours, if
> you've got a bunch of dull bits. They do work.
I had the same problem until I saw the video.
i
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>> I'd like to buy a good set of taps and dies and a drill index from 1/8" to
>> 1/2".
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>> I see drill sets all the time (with carrying case) that are about $9.99
>> for a thousand or so drills. They can't be very good. Same thing about
>> taps.
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>> Northern Tools? McMaster Carr? Or do they have various levels of
>> quality? Good brand name suggestions.
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>> I figure this is going to cost a bit, but I'm tired of buying bits, and I
>> haven't learned to use my new Drill Doctor 750 yet. I must have a hundred
>> dull bits, and you can buy them at yard sales for a dime if you want to
>> sharpen them, although many times, they are already sharp.
>>
>> Steve
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>> PS: Tried the Cc thing on the second newsgroup, but it wouldn't take it.
>>
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Posted by Steve B on March 20, 2007, 11:43 pm
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>I got a Drill Doctor about a year ago. Brought it home and couldn't get it
>to sharpen a drill bit to save my sole. Wrote it off as a bad investment,
>put it away and forgot about it.
> About a week ago, I needed a 1/2" bit and all that I had were dull. I
> dragged out the Drill Dr., re-read the instructions and tried to sharpen
> one of the dull bits. To my surprise, it came out very sharp!. Don't know
> what I was doing wrong before, but it works great now. Don't give up on
> yours, if you've got a bunch of dull bits. They do work.
>
>
I used to work conventions. We had one, and Drill Doctor was there. They
had a show special of the 750 for $100. I had to have one. I got it and
never used it. I am going to have the time soon, hopefully, to get it out
of the box and plug it in and see what it will do. I think it will do okay.
Steve
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Posted by Patrick on March 21, 2007, 11:38 am
Please log in for more thread options I sharpen all my by hand with a bench grinder (fine/smooth stone). (and
have done so for 35 years)
I learned by getting a box of dull bits, looking ant the bit of a sharp bit
and duplicating that. Test your bit by twisting it into a piece of wood.
If it works, you're right on.
I start with the flukes horizontal, and then I drop the other end as I
rotate the drill 120 degs. Dipping in water between cuts. Don't overheat
the point.
The do the other half.
Patrick
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> I used to work conventions. We had one, and Drill Doctor was there. They
> had a show special of the 750 for $100. I had to have one. I got it and
> never used it. I am going to have the time soon, hopefully, to get it out
> of the box and plug it in and see what it will do. I think it will do
> okay.
>
> Steve
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Posted by Steve B on March 21, 2007, 11:40 am
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"Patrick" <Welding at Hill-Family dot US NOSPAM> wrote in message
>I sharpen all my by hand with a bench grinder (fine/smooth stone). (and
>have done so for 35 years)
>
> I learned by getting a box of dull bits, looking ant the bit of a sharp
> bit and duplicating that. Test your bit by twisting it into a piece of
> wood. If it works, you're right on.
>
> I start with the flukes horizontal, and then I drop the other end as I
> rotate the drill 120 degs. Dipping in water between cuts. Don't overheat
> the point.
>
> The do the other half.
>
>
>
> Patrick
My dad was a machinist. He was also a flight engineer on WW II bombers in
the South Pacific. Many a time I would see him take out about a three
square inch whetstone and with a few twists sharpen a drill bit in a very
short time.
Steve
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Posted by Clark Magnuson on March 20, 2007, 11:22 pm
Please log in for more thread options Don't get the Hanson 24606 set, it is expensive and not as good as the
pay'n pak $5 set I got in the 1970s.
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> to sharpen a drill bit to save my sole. Wrote it off as a bad investment,
> put it away and forgot about it.
> About a week ago, I needed a 1/2" bit and all that I had were dull. I
> dragged out the Drill Dr., re-read the instructions and tried to sharpen one
> of the dull bits. To my surprise, it came out very sharp!. Don't know what I
> was doing wrong before, but it works great now. Don't give up on yours, if
> you've got a bunch of dull bits. They do work.