Drill Doctor.JPG In a post I just read about making a nut to drill shackle bolts was brought up about having a sharp bit. If you get to my age the eye balls aren't as good as they used to be for sharpening the bits.......especially the small ones. At work we had a Drill Doctor, I tried it an didn't really care for it. One day I was over to my brothers and we needed to sharpen some small bits, he got out his Drill Doctor an showed me how to sharpen. After using his I had to have one. If you follow the directions you will get a sharpened bit that does the job. You can buy one for just the small bits or one that will do the larger bits also, plus masonry bits. After owning one I believe that is the way to go. I bought mine new off Ebay for a decent price. This picture came off Drilldoctor.com.
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I have one also. Haven’t used it as much as I could, but when I have it worked fine.Alaskan A's
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When I was in the Army I had weekends off, so for a few months I worked weekends making gooseneck trailers. The boss showed me how to sharpen drill bits, and he was good. Glad he showed me, because a few years later I bought a Drill Doctor, but returned it. I liked sharpening them by hand better. Small bits can be tough, and I thought about mounting a magnifying glass over the grind stone.Comment
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Tom, I was a machinist in the Navy and went to California to Machine Repairman school. We learned how to sharpen drills on a pedestal grinder. I have always sharpened them this way and still do the larger ones. It's the small size I have trouble with. If you ever do mount a magnifying glass over your grinder, please post a picture. I enjoy your posts here. Thanks
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they are like a pocket on a shirt for little bits.
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That's a pet peeve of mine. No shirt or T-shirt should be made without a pocket, and 2 pockets would be better.Originally posted by CM2 View PostComment
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I have one also and works good. My problem is I need to watch the video each time I need it as its a while between use.Comment
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That is one of mine also. I do not wear glasses, so I need a pocket for my sun glasses. I do not get why no pocket.Originally posted by Tom Wesenberg View PostComment
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I'am one for no pockets in T-shirts
When it's so hot, reason for t-shirt, any thing in the pocket makes me hotter! or if it under a regular shirt it's just not needed :-)Comment
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I bought one used it and returned it. It did not do the job. Recently i got a split point bit and it bored a perfect hole in 3/16 rod for a cotter pin.Comment
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One of my Techs has one but hates it.. I never tried it personally3~ Tudor's & 1~ Coupe
Henry Ford said,
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they work good if you keep up with it. And like said earlier, the larger the bit the better it works.Comment
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I like pants pockets too,almost as handy as shirt pockets for keeping stuff in.Comment
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I would go to the second hand store and buy a cheap desk lamp with a flex pipe, then remove the light socket and screw on the magnifying glass.Originally posted by Afordman31 View Post
BTW, for small bits I use my Dremel with a grinding stone and work under my magnifying clamp on light.Comment
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Years ago I sublet space for my shop. The guy I rented from had one. I tried it and didn't like it, preferring to hand sharpen using the fine wheel on my bench grinder.Comment
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Years ago I bought a Craftsman bit sharpener, and it mounts in front of a grinding wheel. It holds the bit at an adjustable angle and depth, then you swing the bit through an arc to grind the proper angle. I like it, as it grinds both flutes to the same depth. It's especially good for larger bits, like when my 1/2" bit grabbed and broke a large chip out of it.Comment
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That is what I do, have a drill doc, not sure where it is at the moment.Originally posted by slammin View PostComment
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Can't find mine either and it's got some good bits in the box ! Hope all of you, on this thread, can hear me and send me a sign where it's at........Model A's and of course the famous AA'sComment
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Did you look over in that corner under that pile of stuff 👀 ?Originally posted by pAAt View PostComment
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I have a Drill Doctor and it does good on the smaller bits but the larger bits don't fit in it and have to be done by hand.
I have bits up to 1-1/4" inch.
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Funny you bring it up, I was using mine yesterday to get through some work-hardened self-tappers in my Tudor's rear seat pan.
Tried hand-sharpening time and again, never got on with it. I just accept there's some things I simply can't do.
I bought the XP model, does 3-13mm, (⅛" - ½") or up to 19mm (¾") with a larger chuck. Best $300 I ever spent.Comment
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I gotta have those or move closer so I can borrow someOriginally posted by L Jones View Post.png "thumb up")
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I think you sent me a sign KettleOriginally posted by Kettle95 View Post.png "eek")
Somehow this thread popped up with, and low and behold, old friends talking .png "roll eyes")
Just what my spirits needed at the time !! Thank You
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I was a Drill Sgt on duty and off duty I was a Drill Doctor, I specialized in Gynecology..png "tongue")
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