Hi Guys: Sorry for the non-triumph question. I have so many blunt drill bits at least 100 or so. Can anyone recommend an inexpensive drill sharpener that I can buy? I've seen some that look like a pe
I have the original Darex sharpener ( pencil type ) , works great and well worth the $ 100 for the 3/32 to 1/2 inch sharpener. A 1/2 to 3/4 mandrel will add around $ 40. Extra grinding wheels are 20.
To me, it depends ... if the drill bits in question are ordinary and you don't dull them very fast, then new bits may make more sense. Enco has a 115 piece set on sale for under $30, and individual
Agood sharpener will be a lot cheaper than new bits if you have good bits. Try Sears. One of my friends bought an electric sharpener several years ago but I don't remember where, maybe Snap-on. -- Be
I have always sharpened my own bits on a grinding wheel - it was one of the first things apprentices were taught back when God was young and I was learnin' this stuff. I find it to be therapeutic an
Do yourself a favor and pick up a tool grinder. I have this one from harbor freight and I love it. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=46727 You can get a 20% off coupon
I know how to grind drills on a wheel, but I've never been particularly good at it and I'm not likely to get better at my age. My Drill Doctor brand sharpener works a champ and I have been pretty da
You can get a 20% off coupon from Jim Hassall and pick it up for just over $100. Jim, where are you? I missed my coupon. HF has become a weekly thing for me. Robert B. Houston Texan in New Mexico 63
<< My Drill Doctor brand sharpener works a champ and I have been pretty darn happy to have it around when I got into tough jobs like the tail-door hinges on the Burb. >> Drill Doctor is the trade nam
the Hallelujah to that!!!! And what about (also as an apprentice) learning to file a lump of metal into a perfect square AND checking the accuracy of your work with a set square you'd also had to mak
And what about the first time you shot that lump of metal across the shop because you didn't clamp it on the shaper correctly... Been there, done that too, but only ONCE! After that episode, everyth
Perhaps a better question would be how many people know what a shaper is ? The woodworking folk have an entirely different idea ... think a shaper is a kind of upside down router. But judging by the
I started my professional life as an apprentice fitter/turner (millwright/machinist, as we would say in the US) in a paper mill in the UK. Our shop consisted of many lathes (paper machines are made
Well, what I meant to say in my last note, before I got to reminiscing, is that shapers can be very useful for machining flat surfaces quickly and accurately. We also used to cut internal keyways in