Which Drill Bit Sharpener is Best? Let's find out! Chicago Electric, Drill Doctor, Bosch, Goodsmann

Whether you use cheap or very high quality

drill

bits, one thing is for sure is that they will all need sharpening at some point, it is very expensive to simply replace a

drill

bit just because it has lost its edge or the chisel is a little worn. So today we're going to test six different brands to see

which

one is the

best

. We will first look at how long it takes each brand of

sharpener

to sharpen twist drill bits. Once all the bits are sharpened, we will see

which

twist drill bit is

best

. faster drilling through a half-inch piece of steel priced at just $4.99 is this master drill bit

sharpener

twist drill bit size two millimeters up to 12.5 also strength 560 up to a half-inch 100 grit grindstone requires a

electric

drill that operates between 2000 and 3500 rpm, the twist drills that will be sharpened are 3/8 inch and this one is quite chewed up.

I mean, use a black marker on this twist drill so we can see where the sharpener is on the job site and a bench mounted. jig for stability place the bit to be sharpened in the correct drill guide slowly push the bit towards the grindstone keeping it in the guide do not use excessive force for a $5.00 tool the master driller actually didn't do that bad, but it requires Enough time to figure out how to get to work I discovered that I couldn't just leave this drill in a stationary position. I actually had to turn it a little during the sharpening process to get the leading edge and chisel to form correctly. it still looks better and we'll see how well it works a little bit on the drill press that costs $21.59 is this general drill polishing attachment to use it you will need a 1/8 to 3/4 bench grinder 3 to 19 millimeters remove the base nut by removing the angle adjustment nut.

If you want your twist drill to be sharpened to 118 degrees, you will need to select 59 degrees on the tool. Place the loose set screw on the drill and adjust the bracket until it extends slightly behind the base. The cutting edge of the drill should extend to approximately the length of the diameter beyond the tip of the lip rest. Adjust the rear support to hold the drill in position. Tighten the clamp. Tap and secure the lip rest using a slotted base. Move the polishing attachment of the drill toward the flat side. surface of the grinding wheel until one tip of the drill just touches the grinding wheel when grinding use a light test to rock the drill grinding accessory back and forth on the pivot pin advance the drill gradually by using the screw feed D until the entire surface is ground If the pivot pin is tight, loosen the tension screw on the nameplate.

Avoid polishing too much at one time, as this will cause the drill to burn out. Wow, much better than the master driller that's for sure, the soft tools really did a very good job of laying a The leading edge of this drill as well as a really nice chisel, they obviously use a bit of bluing with the steel and that's my fault for being too aggressive with the grinder. $29.99 at Harbor Freight is this Chicago

electric

drill bit sharpener that handles drill bit sizes from 960 strength to 2560 to sharpen carbon steel and high speed steel drill bits, 120 grit, select a clean drill bit to sharpen and match its size with where the holes are in the head.

Place the bit in the appropriate hole and rotate it until it locks into place. Bring the drill bit toward the number on the outside of the hole. Turn the unit on while applying slight downward pressure on the bit. Make some progress, but this will definitely take a while. Adjusting this knob raises or lowers the grinding stone that is inside this housing. I raised it up to where it actually rubs against the casing and it still doesn't make contact with this twist drill, since a twist drill tilts outward as described in the instructions, the only way it makes contact. the twist drill is if I tilt it in, which is against the instructions.

The Harbor Freight Chicago electric sharpener is a little slow. It took me about 15 minutes for this one-turn puzzle costume. $44.99 at Amazon is this Goodman 1/8 Width Drill Sharpener. 25 64 or three to ten millimeters lower the sharpening stone completely, to do this turn the rotary switch down one as far as it will go insert the drill and the smallest suitable drill bit guide into the sharpener press the on/off switch Turn the rotary switch up until you hear a squeak. Rotate the drill with light pressure gently and quickly back and forth left and right about ten times. Take out the drill.

Rotate it 180 degrees and insert it again until it touches the whetstone, if necessary. Repeat the entire process until the cutting edges of the drill are sharp. Goodman definitely seems a bit faster than the Chicago Electric. It took him about eight minutes to sharpen his twist drill compared to 15 for the Chicago Electric ninety-eight dollars and ninety-three cents. Bosch two point five to ten millimeter 118 degree sharpener now this sharpener works with its own drill once the sharpener slides over the front of the drill it can be used to sharpen twist drill bits shorten the drive element with the hacksaw ensuring that clearance is one hundred ten millimeters four and 5/16 inches place the drive element in the chuck of your drill press the drill bit sharpener firmly against your drill and tighten the clamping screw at the same time set the speed to two or three thousand rpm Insert the drill bit into the smallest hole of the drill bit sharpener.

Quickly rotate the drill approximately ten times back and forth between the left and right stops while applying light pressure to sharpen the second cutting edge of the drill bit. bit and turn it 180 degrees. Guide it back onto the grinding wheel Turn the bit as described in Sharpening the First Edge of the Bit, both the chisel and the leading edge look fantastic. Costume Hunter $28.99 is this Drill Doctor 750 where the bit slides in and out Step 2 Insert the drill chuck into the alignment port Press the alignment button down to open a drill clamp Insert either of the drill chuck alignment guides into the 118 degree notch on the alignment port.

We are going to sharpen 218 degrees but if you want 135 degrees it is one notch to the right with the clamping arms open slide the bit forward until it touches the stop of the drill now release the alignment button releasing the clamp arms step 3 adjust the position of the bit by turning it in will cause less metal to be removed when removing it will make a more aggressive cut as this twist bit is heavily damaged. I'll push it all the way in to check that your offer stays in place correctly. The clamp arm should hold the bit in the tight spot, if not, rotate the bit slightly until it falls into the slots.

Step 4, tighten lightly. Hold the chuck and tighten the chuck knob until snug. This small window shows the sharpening angle of the drill. You are now ready to sharpen the drill bit. Keep the chuck in contact with the can pin at all times while sharpening with only light pressure. You should hear a grinding noise as you complete each half-turn and each side of the bit face is ground. The sharpening port will swing as you rotate the chuck. Go one hundred and two minutes to get a very good looking edge and chisel. Can't. I believe how much damage we had on this twist drill and how quickly this thing went to town.

We just made 118 degrees without a split point. One of them now is to make a one hundred thirty-five degree twist drill with a split point starting with another twist drill bit that is in bad condition since we are going to 135 degrees. I'm going to move this no to the right. Wow, this looks great. Align one of the sharpening guides with the splitting guide on the pork crusted cutting plate slowly and firmly into the splitting port remove the chuck turn a half turn and repeat check the tip with the bit carefully to determine that both sides and a drill bit are divided equally.

Well, the bit on the left is 135 degrees with the split point. On the right are 118 degrees without the division point. The amount of time it will take to sharpen a twist drill bit has a lot to do with the user experience and the condition of the twist drill bit. I didn't include the amount of time to set it up. the team just the amount of time it actually spent sharpening my drill

doctor

proved to be the fastest at two minutes for a standard point the general tools drill honing attachment was fast but i overheated the drill the boss was pretty quick at about 5 minutes while the drill

doctor

makes quick work of sharpening the grind the split point adds quite a bit more time the test drills have just been sharpened I went ahead and added a wheel to these levers to make sure we have the same amount of downward force When I apply weight to this wheel, the amount of downward force will be constant throughout the entire range of the drilling process.

The drill has a speed chart and according to the chart, 3/8 inch should require between 600 and 650 rpm. set of buttons semaa this at 650 rpm for something mild steel. I have a 10 pound weight tied to this rope. I'm going to go ahead and apply downward force to this drill press to see how much weight is actually on the drill, okay? A 10-pound of weight translates to 77 pounds of downward force, obviously it makes sense to use oil. of cutting in most cases, but in this case I want a rule that eliminates oil as a factor that could affect cutting speed, so what I'm going to do is simply run each of these twist drill bits without cutting oil to see how they perform the test.

These twist drill bits have been sharpened and I will use a half inch piece of mild steel. This bit that I will try first has a lot of damage. and has not been sharpened, will serve as our control. Okay, the drill bit is very dull, it obviously didn't work very well. Okay, so trying the $5 Harbor Freight master drill. Unfortunately, the master drill just didn't do a very good job. The person who has used the sharpener a lot could probably do a much better job than me sharpening this Tennessee twist drill, tornado oil that was sharpened with the general tools drill honing attachment and then in 51 seconds it's time to win, we'll see.

If the next twist drill can pass the Chicago Electric Harbor Freight test this time, the Chicago Electric definitely did better than the first Harbor Freight Sharpton, we tested it but we still didn't see it do a very good job, let's see if the helicopter of good news can expire. one minute in 51 seconds one minute and 21 seconds with the good news strong air strikes a new time testing the boss ok about 2 minutes and 4 seconds for the well Bosch tests the doctor drill at an 18 degree angle without the split tip first and then we'll go to the one hundred 35 degree split tip a little over a minute and 30 seconds with the doctor drill next we'll try the doctor drill with a one hundred thirty five degree split tip trying 135 degree split. point good minute and 21 seconds very impressive, next I could assemble a twist drill with a set of $15 dwop bits that I didn't sharpen in a previous episode about twist drills.

Twelve different brands were tested and both the wall and Bosch came out. Also, this is a very fast twist drill and just for comparison, we will see how well this bit compares to the ones we have sharpened. Well, 43 seconds for the residents, as you can see, he did a very good job. 77 pounds of downward force applied to the factory-sharpened 3/8-end twist drills, Walt made very quick work of the half-inch steel in just 41 seconds. Minh and the 135-degree split point drill took 81 seconds. with an 18 degree tip it took 96, none of the Harbor Freight sharpened drills could do the job and this could be partly my fault for not doing a better job using the sharpeners to make it more interesting and adding another five pound lever. in a drill press for a total of 15 pounds, this translates to about one hundred and twenty pounds of downward force on this twist drill, which is quite a bit, unfortunately I couldn't do a very good job of sharpening this bit with the drill . master, even with the extra 40 pounds, the original drill master hole is about the same depth as the one we just tried to make, testing the general tools drill polishing attachment this time in about fifty seconds, so it definitely helped to add a little more weight to the The second hole I tipped, the drillIt's a little deeper but not very good. 31 seconds with the Goodman sharpener.

Very impressive work. It only took a little more force to get this twist drill to work. 53 seconds with the Bosch, much better than the first. try ok 49 seconds by drill doctor 40 seconds for a 135 degree split point test factory sharpened a wall ok 23 seconds for duel adding 40 more pounds of downward force made a big positive difference for all drills , reducing the time by approximately half Duat went from 41 seconds to just 23 the Minh products 31 doctor drill 135 degrees split point forty seconds doctor drill 118 degrees 49 general tools sharpening adapter 50 and Bosch 53 when it comes to nurse drill bit, There seems to be an art and a science to it And I don't think it's very good either, that being said I never thought I would recommend this $22 adapter but in my opinion it did a very good job for the price, now obviously you should have a bench grinder . and it will take a bit of a learning curve to get it right.

It took me about 15 minutes to put this together and figure out how it works so it's really not that difficult, in my opinion the piercing doctor is by far the best. The best sharpener we tested, but it's also the most expensive. What I like most about the Drill Doctor is that it takes a lot of the art out of it and has a lot of science built into the way it works. The Goodman Start nurse seemed to do a good job sharpening the twist drill bits, but the range of twist drill sizes is quite limited and it's a very, very slow short rib, which is the biggest drawback for me. 100% of my video ideas come from the viewers and me.

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