Drill Doctor 500 - ANY GOOD ????

[Conase]

I have used a B&D drill sharpener from like 30 years ago. Did a good job - thru trial and error - on sharpening drills. You could mess them up royally if you were not careful.

Is the Drill Doctor any good / better ? I notice the 500 model is capable of doing both 118 and 135º angles.

I read that the diamond wheel is only good for 500 shaprenings - who's counting .

We hear about how durable diamond is. I would have imagined the Drill Doctor wheel would last far longer than the carborundum wheel in my ancient B&D unit from 30 years ago.

500 ( approx.) grinds does not seem like much for a DIAMOND wheel on HSS drill bits.

Is there a slight learning curve to using this unit to get the correct angles ? I would think YES.

Comments ?

TIA

[Joe Agro]

Don't know anything about the drill dr. unit, but if there is a way to get water on that diamond wheel, it should last longer...

Or you could just order your drills in bulk from McMaster, Grainger, etc.

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[Edwin Pawlowski]

It has been touted by quite a few as being very good. Easy to use. Check the web page for a video.

Only problems I have is justifying the cost. For the price of the machine, I can buy a lifetime supply of bits. OTOH, if I had a machine shop or did a lot of drilling operations, I'd have one. Ed [e-mail]

[PrecisionMachinisT]

I generally just throw away drills smaller than about 3/8 inch dia.

[Steven Bliss]

[John Galbreath Jr.]

I have one and it works very well. I have the attachment to go to 3/4" bits.