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I can't hand sharpen a drill to save my soul. I have tried and tried all to no avail going all the way back to school shop classes. A while back I watched a video by Halligan142 that gave a thumbs up on this craftsman drill sharpening attachment. I also watched a video where Mr. Pete threw one in the trash as being worthless junk.
I picked one up at an estate sale recently for $5. I figured that it can't be any worse than I am at sharpening drills and it's not like $5 would alter my lifestyle if it turned out to be worthless junk. I put it to the test today sharpening some large drills. It worked. I got nice clean chips curling off each cutting edge. I was using the drills to enlarge holes that I had started with smaller drills. I don't know if the drills would drill a clean hole if I wasn't step drilling. Or how it would work on sharpening smaller drills. That will have to wait for another day
Passing this along to those who can't hand sharpen a drill as a possible solution.
I picked one up at an estate sale recently for $5. I figured that it can't be any worse than I am at sharpening drills and it's not like $5 would alter my lifestyle if it turned out to be worthless junk. I put it to the test today sharpening some large drills. It worked. I got nice clean chips curling off each cutting edge. I was using the drills to enlarge holes that I had started with smaller drills. I don't know if the drills would drill a clean hole if I wasn't step drilling. Or how it would work on sharpening smaller drills. That will have to wait for another day
Passing this along to those who can't hand sharpen a drill as a possible solution.