Laziness finally pays off.

[chevyfumes]

The kid finally learned how to sharpen drill bits and now the 1000 or so bits I have are being sharpened.
My solution to a dull bit was to buy a new one...
Who said the public school system doesn't teach our kids anything?

 

[boz42]

That's cool.

I only learned to do it a few months ago.

 

[sweetk30]

drill dr.

 

[chevyfumes]

drill dr.

Could never get to the point of saving up a few bucks to get one, it was just easier to buy a new bit for whatever project I was doing at the time. But now I have "drill Jr." and it's only cost me about 200.000.00 so far. Hmmm childless bachelordom and a drill Dr. may have been much cheaper in retrospect.
That didn't sound strange at all.

 

[bigjbear]

Don't feel too bad. I've got two daughters, so got to spend the money on them AND a Drill Dr. It does give me something to do during estrogen flare ups

 

[Avery4jc]

At the machine shop I'm at it's your own responsibility to sharpen a drill bit if you need to use it but slowly over the years our larger bits (1"-3") have gotten worse and worse. I'm fearing the day when it becomes my job to sharpen them all.
At least we have a nice grinding setup that holds them but it's still a long filthy process.

 

[boz42]

You guys actually get good results with a Drill Dr?

I really felt like the one I used was junk.

 

[bigjbear]

It worked great for me. From #10 to just under 1/2". Smaller than #10 I just replace. My DD is supposed to work up to 1/2" but I had better luck doing them by hand once you get over 7/16".

It did do OK for a quick clean up on 1/2" bits, and I think if I got the "large bit" adapter it would work on those sizes, too. Like most things, when used at the limits it is not very efficient.

 

[scooter122983]

The kid finally learned how to sharpen drill bits and now the 1000 or so bits I have are being sharpened.
My solution to a dull bit was to buy a new one...
Who said the public school system doesn't teach our kids anything?

I went to public school and learned to sharpen drill bits, grind hss for different lathe bits and how to grind hss for 60* threading tools. I also learned how to turn aluminum, steel, and brass. How to mill steel and aluminum.

 

[chevyfumes]

Yeah he's also taking shop , he gets to run a mill and lathe and weld almost everyday.
So instead of drinking, drugging and chasing pussy like his old man, he's playing with drums ,guitar, shop and wrenching on cars. And he knows the wimmens are all nuts and only cause trouble, plenty of time for that later.

 

[DrkZide]

I always break mine before they get too dull to use......or lose them.

 

[scooter122983]

So why are we trying to kill public schools? I know that the private schools in my district didnt even offer these courses.

 

[bigjbear]

Where I grew up some did, while others did not. Private school do not have to be all things to everyone and can concentrate on the sector they want to serve. Sounds like a better plan to me.

 

[hd44blazer]

The place I work at has a CNC drill sharpener with a diamond wheel, it'll do just about any type of drill possible HSS, cobalt, or solid carbide and different cutting angles or point geometry i.e. split points, and it's very simple to use but takes all the "fun" out of manually sharpening your own drills I guess

 

[Avery4jc]

The place I work at has a CNC drill sharpener with a diamond wheel, it'll do just about any type of drill possible HSS, cobalt, or solid carbide and different cutting angles or point geometry i.e. split points, and it's very simple to use but takes all the "fun" out of manually sharpening your own drills I guess

That's cheating! Plus I bet you could buy a couple drill bits for the price of that machine.

 

[hd44blazer]

At LEAST a couple if not several new drills for the price they paid