Welding Tips and Tricks

I know some dont like them ,and yes in 50 years of my life i learned to sharpen by hand, BUT , when im out in some farmers field or working on a logskidder in the middle of the woods. i usually dont have a benchgrinder with me. doing it by hand with a angle grinder is getting old. cant get anywhere with the search feature, i know this has be talked about here before, whats the very best one ? and whats the extra parts i need to get , such as extra cbn wheels etc.?

The best ones are thousands of dollars. Get one that that will cut the split-point and you should be good.

The ones for thousands of dollars will do larger drills but they will not do small drills. Consider what your real needs are and go from there. For me, I really would like a machine to sharpen smaller drills. I have two drill sharpening machines of perverse level pricing for larger drills. I have a mohawk drill sharpener and a Sterling Machine as well. Both are high-dollar machines that sell for thousands of dollars used. Neither one will do a small drill. When I say small I mean smaller than quarter inch. Be realistic about your expectations when you buy. It is very easy to hand sharpen a inch and a half drill. Not so much on a 1/16 inch drill. Yes I know, you can buy those for not very much money and there is no need to sharpen them. I would almost recommend that you get good at sharpening drills by hand, which is not a very difficult skill. And for just forget about using a machine to sharpen them when the only ones you really need to work with are the easy ones to sharpen by hand.

I use a Drill Doctor to sharpen my smaller bits. I think it's the higher end model that they sell. It works ok. Nothing spectacular, but it has saved me a ton of money for sure, and it is quite easy to use. Only problem is that on occasion it will give me a wonky grind...probably operator error, but I've never been able to figure out why. 9 out of 10 bits come out good, though.

Well, got mine in yesterday, put it in the truck and today give it a work out , sure was nice to have with me ,two miles in a Kentucky hollow, under a dozer, drilling out bolts, and dulling bits wasn't as bad today. i would recommend it, its a nice tool when you dont have anything else but a handgrinder. lol

I'm glad some like em I've had 2 & both of them sucked IMO. This works good at home, if you can find one.
https://www.travers.com/91000-drill-gri ... 7-145-001/

Timberjack wrote:Well, got mine in yesterday, put it in the truck and today give it a work out , sure was nice to have with me ,two miles in a Kentucky hollow, under a dozer, drilling out bolts, and dulling bits wasn't as bad today. i would recommend it, its a nice tool when you dont have anything else but a handgrinder. lol

Which model did you end up with?