Drill Dr.- Do You Like Your's

Do you do them by hand?

Pros/Cons of the Drill Dr.?

I can't seem to get the sharpen by hand thing down like grandpa....

 

Good question...been wondering the same thing. If not the Drill Doctor, what?

 

I had just got a drill doctor some months back... only used it once but it seemed to work pretty well. And it' s very easy to use

 

Do a search--this very topic came up in the last month or so.
I'm VERY happy with mine. Every time I ever tried doing them by hand, I ended up with a short stubby bit that wouldn't cut butter, and burned finger tips.

A few guys here posted that they couldn't get them to work. I am in NO WAY saying they didn't read the directions or whatever...I will tell you that I couldn't figure out how to use it until I read the directions. Then it worked like a champ.
The new edge doesn't last as long as the factory edge, but since you can quickly resharpen it, that isn't a factor any more. But my resharpened edges have lasted a very long time, drilling in the drill press with lube and a slow spindle speed.
I wouldn't be without it.

Brad

 

beats eye ball n it on the bench grinder! It isnt as critical holding your tongue in the right spot when using the Drill Dr.

 

Having used the Drill Dr many times. I found that it works better on larger Bits than on the smaller than 3/8 sizes. Harbor Freight used to offer a jig for drill sharpening but I haven't looked for one in a long time

 

I have a drill doctor at home and at school. Verdict is still out with me. I learned to grind them years ago and have a drill gauge. If my grinder wheel is in good shape I can knock them out quicker by hand.McMaster Carr 1947A41
<$20

 

Have a drill dr. at work, it works fine but I just use the diamond wheel and do it by hand.

I have to sharpen bits everyday at work so i'm pretty good at eye ballin it. If you dont do it regularily buy a drill dr. and save your drills.

 

it makes life a LOT easier! I normally take my bits out once every so many weeks/months and sharpen 95% of them,...works like a charm! Some guys may see it as the lazy way out,...I see it as my time being valuable and i don't have much of it to spare, so I highly recommend it!

by the way,...very easy to use!! not rocket science....

J

 

I learned from a tool man so I'm with rev383, I hand sharpen. If you don't know what you are doing or haven't practiced, maybe a DD is the way to go. I don't use mine...

I suspect cheap CHINA bits don't help but I'm not doing this every day anymore so I go cheap there. Tractor supply Clarke kits usually.

 

Love It !

 

We got my old man one last year for Christmas, it's still in the box.

 

I like to do by hand. danimal I like the german made bits . The cheap ones dull to fasts . I use the cheap ones on wood just my two .02

 

Nice tool - make sure you get the bigger one though 500 or 750

as mentioned, re-sharpened bits don't last as long as when they were original, but it isn't that big of a deal.

worth it if you don't have alot of time to learn how to do it by hand - i'm sure it takes a bit of practice to get it down.

Oh yeh and the best part -
Buy a great big box of dull drill bits @ a swap meet with over 500 bits in it for $5 and get lots of good useable bits

 

If the drill is real bad I use the Drill Dr. For just a touch up, by hand. If you choose to get one make sure you get one with the (back cut) feature.

 

Had mine for several years and luvin' every minute of it.LOL

 

Got one as a gift but never got it out of the box for quite a while. When I finally did, MAN what a difference. Does a WAY better job than I can just eyeballing it. But, you do have to read the instructions (meaning 87% of guys here won't like it).

 

Alchemy's right on this one...

It's not a simple plug it in and go thing, but it's still balls easy...

I like mine. I'd love it if it was made out of cast iron and had a little more weight to it. For me it moves around a bit when grinding. But I still like it better than doing it by hand.

 

Couldnt get nothing done without it.

 

i got me one and love it....it's not even the top of the line one....

 

I'm hit and miss by hand. Sometimes i lose an INCH!!!!! The drill doc's aces in my book

 

Love it! It's way more accurate than I can be. Once you get the hang of it, super easy to mass produce bits. Then take it around to your friend's garages every year or so and earn some goodwill. Mobile drill doctor service. lol.

I'd like to know what it takes to wear the wheel out. My drill doctor was bought used from a race team auction and has not led an easy life. I've then proceeded to run, maybe a thousand bits across it. The wheel doesn't hardly look used, let alone need flipped. Good tool.

 

I love mine! I was one of those guys that kept throwing used drill bits in the drawer and buying new ones. I got my Drill Doctor and sharpened all of my old drill bits so they cut like new. I even sharped all my neighbors drill bits. It works really well.

Mike

 

that's good to know about the diamond stone.....every time i sharpen a bit i keep wondering how many more it'll do

 

This is a timely topic for me. I woke up this morning (early) and there was an infomercial about Drill Dr. on. (father's day specials, etc.) Usually I flip to something else or go back to sleep but I got snared in this one and now I think I can't live without one (I have tried hand sharpening but usually wind up worse off than when I started). It seems to me that for the price the new generation model 750 is the only way to go.

 

I sharpen mine by hand with a 6 inch 80 grit fat pad on a grinder. Works great. If it's a bit with the 1/8 bit in the middle of the of say a a 3/8, I use a cut off tool to sharpen those. I have heard good things about the Dr.

 

i put it off for a long time....i did it by hand......never seemed to be able to do it like the ole guys......sometimes i got close, other times....not even close.......

with the dr., i went through about 20 bits in just a short amount of time and they CUT in steel real well....

you won't be sorry....NOW, i wish i had ordered the 750 but mine, i think, will do up to 1/2

 

my drill doctor is a piece of sh&#37;&^, there got to be something better.

 

I have used drill Dr. and had good results, I mostly do them by hand. I use a sanding belt instead of the grinder.

 

I love mine. Do yourself a favor, read the directions from the start. Would have saved me a bit of greif.

Mike