Drill Sharpening Jigs - Advice please.

Edited By chris stephens on 27/10/2011 15:33:39

Hi John,

I actually own a drill doctor 500x and have had good results from it, but only on drills above 3mm up to 13mm. There is a learning curve, as with any new tool, but it is quite short. This machine is an improvement over the earlier machines which apparently were difficult to set up. The only problem I have had so far is setting up to sharpen a split point drill (Dormer A002). I've found you need to use the increased back off angle setting to compensate for the part removed when creating the split point. At this setting the split section does not line up with the grinding wheel to renew the split point. For standard drills it works fine!

Andrew, yes you are correct GUHRING are a German company. I have a lot of their drill bits and their HSCo end mills, great gear.

Chris, have you ever tried WalterTitex Drills? I would put them above even GUHRING although they are even more expensive, again Walter are a German company . so Guhring or Titex , both top notch gear with price tags to match. either or does me.

Hi Raymond,

Now you come to mention it, I do have a few Titex drills about somewhere but I have not used them enough to comment, but thanks for the tip.

chriStephens

Hello all, my first post here ( doesn't seem to be an area for new member introductions, so this is it )

Is there any consensus about drill sharpening methods ? I'm lucky as regards smaller drills, having bought a huge collection in 0.1mm increments from the estate of a deceased model engineer ( a bit of a sad way to get them really ) Drills over about 6mm however are going to become a problem soon as I now live in a rural area of Spain and quality drill bits are VERY expensive ( as is anything engineering related )

While I can sharpen a drill freehand the resulting hole is unlikely to bear any resemblance to the size stamped on the shank. Sometimes it doesn't even resemble a hole

I'm thinking of upgrading my grinding rest to controlled feed and building the four facet jig described in MEW 142 - does that sound like a good plan ?