Simple Way To Sharpen Drill Bits

Simple way to sharpen drill bits FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 17-3-30 "I got the idea years ago from a welding shop and I've used it ever since to sharpen drillbits," says Bert Wilkins, Yuma, Colo., about the simple drill bit gauge he makes out of two hex nuts. He welds two large nuts together. The angle where they meet measures 30?'s which is the cutting angle of drill bits. "It lets me sharper! bits on an ordinary grinding wheel. I just work them till they fit perfectly between the nuts," says Wilk-ins. Contact FARM SHOW Followup, Bert Wilkins, 47491 Co. Rd. 34, Yuma, Colo. 80759 (nh 303 848-2590).

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