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snub:
I finally broke down and bought one when it came on sale. I always thought they were overpriced. I can buy a lot of drills for $200.00. Anyways, I've been practicing with it and not having much luck. It sharpens the bit nicely but leaves an incredibly rough surface on the end of the bit, even when going gently with the sharpening. Perhaps I got a rather rough diamond wheel, or maybe they are all like that. Not so very good picture below.





But the real problem is when I tried to split the point. I could tell right away something was wrong because when I went to feed it in it was going a long way, unlike the quick in and out like I had seen in the instructional video.




The bit on the left is as it came, the one on the right is my botched job of trying to split the point. Anyone else have this happen?

Manxmodder:
Hi Snub, the finish does look to be caused by a coarse grit diamond wheel,there are different grades available for the drill doctor can you tell us what grade it is.

As for the other issue with the large back cut when point splitting I wonder if the drill had moved in the collet maybe.

I have a drill doctor and you do need a little practise to get the best from them.....OZ.

snub:
The diamond wheel is the one that came with it so I have no idea as to what grade it is. I sorta kinda recall, somewhere, that a coarser wheel than standard was available for heavy use. Perhaps I got one of those. I will see if Drill Doctor has customer support.

greenie:
When I was still employed as a machinist, retired now thank goodness, the boss bought one of these machines and reckoned it would help the drill sharpening process no end.
What was happening was the welders would try and do their own thing at attempting to grind a drill bit, needless to say their attempts were pathetically laughable to say the least.  :lol:

Upon arrival of the machine, he then instructed these would be drill sharpeners, the technique that he was shown on how to do the job.
All this did was chew up costly drill bits, even faster than they could ruin them before the acquisition of this said destructive item.
It soon became apparent that it was far easier, quicker and cheaper, to get me to stop doing whatever I was doing, then go and do the grinding of the drill bits for these other workers.  :doh:

Moral of this sad tale, go 'chuck that bit of junk' in the bin and learn to do it yourself.

Arbalist:
I've considered getting one of these several times but they aren't cheap and the reviews are very mixed. Some folks seem to like them but a common complaint is inconsistent results. In the first instance though I would have a look at identifying the grade of the wheel you have and contacting customer support for advice. Stick with it and let us know how you get on.

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