![]() ![]() I mostly order online but if you need something special immediately Fastenal, McMaster-Carr, MSC etc can overnight it for a price. I've used a few and decided it's a better deal to buy bulk packs (five or ten bits) in cobalt alloy for common sizes and two each of anything else as needed. Otherwise you need to run out and buy a new one, or wait for shipping, rather than just starting to use immediately.Īlso, you can consider that it's just some waste and contributing to the global issue of excess consumption and waste. As well, you never 'run out' exactly, you just take a few minutes, get it back to sharp, and go back to using it. Drill bit sharpeners free#Well, on the other hand, it's not just that they're relatively cheap but even with the cost for a sharpener (or free hand effort), it can long term be cheaper. I do sharpen my own kitchen knives though, because it is easy and makes a big(ger) difference. Or you can buy more expensive bits that hold an edge better (not HSS) and replace them less often. They're cheap enough that there's no reason to bother sharpening them, at the wear rates that most people will put on them. You will have those that treat bits as wear items and just buy new ones, then there are the "sharpener" people who buy something to do the work, then there are those who do it free-hand. He was really old school so he may have even done it by hand if that's possible on a whetstone or with a file?ĭo I need to get quality bits before I think about sharpening them? Buy a set or buy individual ones as I need them? (that's not so convenient but I do have a hardware store a few minutes walk from home so not terrible). ![]() I wonder if he took them to work to do them? He worked in an elevator and escalator factory so he may have done. The majority of the others are HSS bits that I inherited from my Dad when I cleared his workshop. I have maybe half a dozen cobalt bits that I bought myself which seem to maintain their sharpness really well. I'm a bit fed up of coming to do a job and having to ferret through all my badly organised, poorly stored bits to find one I want and then it doesn't cut well so I have to find another and maybe go through three or four before I find a sharp-ish one. Also, if they genuinely work well how good do your bits need to be in the first place to be worth sharpening? I've been thinking about buying one of these but I don't know if they are just a gimmick. ![]()
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