Spiralux Drill Grinding Attachment

[Bill Douglas]

Has anyone used a Spiralux Drill Grinding Attachment or similar? I like the idea of the thing, and thought it would be good to add one to my huge pile of tools

The General brand one looks similarly well made.

[stevej37]

Can it be used for sharpening the edge of a shovel?

[Bill Douglas]

Haha, maybe. We'll find out.

[wdfifteen]

Next time I need to grind a drill I’ll look one of these up.

[Baz]

No experience but looks interesting.......thanks, Bill!

[Bill Douglas]

Pleased to help I haven't seen them before either. I'm surprised how well my hand held, and guessed angles, sharpening works. Blurry vision etc. So even if I use one of these badly I'll still be 10 times better than before.

[A930Rocket]

Two things I remember about sharpening drill bits:

In junior high school, the metal shop teacher would sharpen the drill bits by hand on a grinding wheel and they came out perfect.

I bought a drill doctor and could not sharpen a drill bit correctly on it to save my life. Probably user error I threw it away.

[unclebilly]

Ever use a drill doctor? These are pretty simple to use and do a great job. I’ve bought 2 at work and they pay for themselves pretty quickly.

https://www.drilldoctor.com/shop/sharpeners/xp/

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by unclebilly

Ever use a drill doctor? These are pretty simple to use and do a great job. I’ve bought 2 at work and they pay for themselves pretty quickly.

https://www.drilldoctor.com/shop/sharpeners/xp/

Yes.

But I'm a devil for punishment. If something is made easy for me I take the difficult route. Maybe it's like a car with an auto or a manual; I'm choosing the manual.

A930, even if I knew what I was doing, my eyesight wouldn't be up to it.

[MBAtarga]

^+1

I was going to recommend a Drill Dr. I've got some deluxe model of it.