Sharp'inun twist drills
I'm one of those guys who just canNOT take a twist drill, throw it at the bench grinder, and improve on things. I'd bet there's a LOT of you who can't
Years ago at a garage sale, I scored a "big" B&D model 4300 drill sharpener. It was great, until we had 'a bit 'o 'ous 'fire.
I've tried some others, including the B&D "pencil sharpener" and a "Drill Doctor." We ain't impressed.
I've also played with the General 821 jig, which is now being sold by several Chineseo suppliers. I have yet to master it's defugulties
The other day, I scored an old Atlas W-30 drill sharpening jig off th' bay. These were also sold, a bit different, by Delta-Rockwell.
I found a guy selling reprints of the 7 page manual for 20 bucks. BUT he had "sample" photos of all the pages of the manual, and they were nice and big!!!! So I just downloaded the "samples" and printed them out!!!!
Below is some of the high-jinks. The ultimate test is taking a completely busted bit and in a very few minutes, having a great, sharp, useable twist drill again!!!
I'm one of those guys who just canNOT take a twist drill, throw it at the bench grinder, and improve on things. I'd bet there's a LOT of you who can't
Years ago at a garage sale, I scored a "big" B&D model 4300 drill sharpener. It was great, until we had 'a bit 'o 'ous 'fire.
I've tried some others, including the B&D "pencil sharpener" and a "Drill Doctor." We ain't impressed.
I've also played with the General 821 jig, which is now being sold by several Chineseo suppliers. I have yet to master it's defugulties
The other day, I scored an old Atlas W-30 drill sharpening jig off th' bay. These were also sold, a bit different, by Delta-Rockwell.
I found a guy selling reprints of the 7 page manual for 20 bucks. BUT he had "sample" photos of all the pages of the manual, and they were nice and big!!!! So I just downloaded the "samples" and printed them out!!!!
Below is some of the high-jinks. The ultimate test is taking a completely busted bit and in a very few minutes, having a great, sharp, useable twist drill again!!!
