Hi Rae, Have you used it with masonry bits? and how did it do with them?
Masonry bits are very differently shaped, no under-cut, and the carbide tipped ones are very hard. Just curious, big masonry bits are very expensive and they do grind badly when drilling. Thanks. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Boyce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 4:54 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Drill Doctor > Hi > > Well I have been thinking about buying a Drill Doctor for some time and I > took the plunge and bought one. > I really needed it to service the 150 drills I counted and that does not > include my masonry drills. > There is two sets of drills I can not put my hands on at the moment I need > to find to sharpen. > Blind people can certainly use this machine with no problems as long as > you > set the drill up at the start as described in the users manual. > You should rotate the chuck an even number of turns to sharpen the drill > correctly and with the diamond wheel it really does that. > Now all my drills have a nice sharp edge and when blunt it takes but > seconds > to resharpen. > Expensive yes but I got sick of buying new sets when all they needed was > sharpening. > However you need to clean your drills before inserting them into the chuck > so all the grease and any grime is not deposited in the jaws of the chuck. > Then clean your machine after use and blow compressed air through the > chuck > to clean any deposits of grinding matter out. > Conclusion > Easy to Use and does a great job > Ray. > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 25/08/2006 > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
