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RE: drill doctor

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Subject: RE: drill doctor
From: "Jack Brooks" <jibjib@att.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 16:44:17 -0800
How about just using a 57 degree angle form to verify the grind you put on
the drill point using a grinding wheel, i.e., doing it the old fashioned
way?  It takes a little practice, but it's certainly not hard.

Jack

-----Original Message-----
From: shop-talk-owner@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:shop-talk-owner@Autox.Team.Net]
On Behalf Of Gt6steve@aol.com
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:39 PM
To: HealeyBN7@aol.com; shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: drill doctor


I bought the top of the line version a few months ago when it was on sale.  
It does a fantastic job and with the split point option you can sharpen a
drill 
down to the last bit of flute if need be.  If you have a lot of drills it's 
worth it in my opinion.  If you've just a handfull of multipupose bits it
may 
be cost effective to buy new ones.  Steve
Anyone using a drill doctor, and have any comments on effectiveness?  A guy 
at work says he has used one and it works great to sharpen dull bits.  I
would 
think that it might easily go thru the heat treat layer, but maybe it
doesn't 
for one sharpening.  The bits I get these days seem to be pretty low
quality.  
Being able to sharpen them and get more life out of them would be nice.  
Thanks for any comments.

Dave




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