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Drill Sharpener Recommendations

NeddyBear

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Now that the 6 cooler months is approaching in the mornings and evening I've been going through the shed, throwing out anything I haven't looked at in 5 years.
What I do use regularly is my 200 odd drills and most are blunt from 25 years of service.

Wondering can anyone recommend a quality drill sharpening machine and yes I've watched a bucket load of YouTube clips on sharpening drills and have decided using a machine would be my preferred method, maybe up to several hundred dollars.
Have drills from 2mm to 24mm but a machine to sharpen say 2mm to 14mm would be good.

[Want do you guys use]and can highly recommend?
 

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I just use my bench grinder.....If you put a polishing wheel on one end you have a cool multi function tool....
 

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I use a bench grinder too for all drills down to about 4mm. I throw the smaller ones away and buy new ones when they’re blunt generally.

Very handy to know how to use a bench grinder with small parts. You quickly learn with drill bits - because if you get it wrong they don’t cut lol
 

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You can buy a bench grinder with the groove in the rest which gives you the right angle. Just keep the angle the same on each side and it should drill ok. Took me a while to get the knack of it but once you have an idea it becomes quite easy.
 

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I got one for Christmas a few years ago. Had a crack at it and don't recommend it for anything smaller than about 5mm, it just minces them. Bench grinder would be better once you get your eye in.
 

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Bench grinder here too but like the others, the smaller ones are just easier to replace.
 

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I just use my bench grinder.....If you put a polishing wheel on one end you have a cool multi function tool....
Agreed you fined stuff to polish
 
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