We Added A New Tool To Our Shop Today....

[jackieschmidt]

For years, we have sharpened the various drills we use by hand or in a home made fixture that we used on our Cincinnati Tool Grinder.

We finally bought an Oliver Drill Sharpener.

This machine is really neat. It is fascinating the way it generates all of the surfaces of a properly sharpened drill. It even features a point thinner that cuts down on tool pressure when drilling blind holes.

 

[Bill Norris]

Nice no doubt.

 

[PhilKeil]

Very nice

 

[jackieschmidt]

 

[rardoin]

Nuthin I can’t do with my Drill Doctor, Jackie.

Nice!

 

[Riesel]

We had one of these when I worked at Central Texas Iron Works in Waco. When the hole size
to plate thickness ratio would not allow punches it meant drilling. I might start the day sharpening the bits needed for the day and then spend hours at the huge drill press.
Those sparks while sharpening in the video indicate a high carbon steel. Thanks for the
memory as that was about 50 years ago. Had to give it up cause Uncle Sam needed a
helping hand.

 

[Uthink Uknow]

My Drill Doctor works great too. Don’t need no stinking screws that big-just need more small screws.
Years ago Chrysler was having problems with wheels coming loose or off their cars. The high priced engineers were walking the assembly line and discussing with the assembly workers the trouble they were having and how to solve it. An old timer told them all you need is another lug and was asked what size. He grabbed a lug out of a barrel and said, “Bout this size”,” we have millions of them”, the size they were already using. Problem solved and no college degree was used.

 

[jackieschmidt]

There are quite a few fine drill sharpeners on the market. My brother looked into just about all, and the Oliver suited our needs.

I learned how to sharpen drills by hand 50 years ago. Sharpening a drill is no different than any other operation. You understand what the requirements are and develop a method and technique that meets those. Mainly, it cuts on both flutes, and actually produces a hole that is the size of the drill being used.

 

[jackson1]

Guess you won't have any more problems with drills walking off in the holes. Will still thin the web by hand?

 

[AccelR8]

A fine tool. Well worth the investment for a shop that can use it to it's potential.

In my experience, there's guys who can sharpen drill bits by hand, and then there's guys who SAY they can sharpen bits by hand. In both cases, rare is the person who can sharpen a bit as well as a machine like this one can.

 

[JPB3]

Darn Jackie, takes all the guess work out of it. Nice acquisition!

Pat

 

[jackieschmidt]

A fine tool. Well worth the investment for a shop that can use it to it's potential.

This is our most used drill press.

as you can see, having a top quality sharpener is a great investment.

 

[55fairlane]

Ahhhh i remember my days as an apprentice, I ran a Cincinnati like that.....drilled lots of big holes......was a neat machine, you could set the clutch and tap holes....

 

[Sandstorm]

remember my days as an apprentice

Yup..in the mid seventies I too ran similar stuff ...Bridgeport Mill and Cinnci...
My short stint as a Machinist Apprentice.....It was a good time.

 

[300_whisper]

This is our most used drill press.

as you can see, having a top quality sharpener is a great investment.View attachment 1242537

Engineering marvel...just google the science of making stuff “straight.” Absolutely amazing.

 

[DiffEQ]

Still sharpen by hand - one of the few things I'm OCD about. Some of my drill bits are 50 years old at this point. None need a Morse taper, and the large diameter ones are difficult to sharpen by hand.
Still pizzes me off when I see people drilling out of square.

 

[butchlambert]

Still sharpen by hand - one of the few things I'm OCD about. Some of my drill bits are 50 years old at this point. None need a Morse taper, and the large diameter ones are difficult to sharpen by hand.
Still pizzes me off when I see people drilling out of square.

Yeah, the .0625 and smaller drills were tough to sharpen by hand.

 

[DiffEQ]

Yeah, the .0625 and smaller drills were tough to sharpen by hand.

Nah, those I never tried and just threw away. And now that my eyes cannot see such a small bit to sharpen, even more pointless....
Funny thing, back then, drills and taps from Czechoslovakia were the "cheap" tooling. I still have a lot of them, and most are still sharper and last longer than brand new Chinese junk.

 

[Chiquita]

WOW!!! Very impressive on how these machines are made.

 

[epc308]

We had one of those in the tool crib where I took my apprenticeship in the early 70s, used it for drills over 1/2”. Had a smaller hand operated for drills 1/2” and under. That one was good down to 1/16”. Both machines, when set up correctly, made cutting edges as good as new, and cut like it too.