DD500X Twist Drill Bit Sharpener - 3/32" to 1/2" - Electric Sharpener - High Speed & Portable - For Steel, Masonry, Carbide & Tin-Coated Drill Bits - Adjustable 118° or 135° Angle

If you're looking to be able to ram your bit through the grinding wheel as fast as you can, don't get this. If you're more in tune with the current universe, read on. I've bought a couple of these, though not because the first one wore out! This should be the last drill bit sharpener you buy IF you take care of it and actually read the instructions. Very inexpensive considering no more drill bit purchases (unless you just break them). It IS often possible to sharpen a broken bit back into use if there is enough of the bit left. I have used this sharpener to do that several times. Use this on my high speed steel as well as Cobalt bits that have a standard shank. Always take any burrs off of the bit shank when sharpening. Is important to not rush or overload, then all is fine. Gives great results when used correctly. Doesn't need an "install" schmamazon getting its nose out of joint again. Plenty durable when not pushed too hard. Easy to get new stones and parts for. Good documentation. Great value for the money. The size is as stated again, schmamazon, wtf? Accuracy, well, I do not have the lab to be able to measure this but I CAN say the sharpened bits DO cut very much cleaner and faster! So empirically this works well! Never sharpen a bit so fast that it turns blue, or it is ruined. Never drill until it is blue either for the same reason. Never use the "hammer" mode on your drill using steel or cobalt drill bits or you will ruin them and possibly injure yourself. Use ONLY carbide tipped bits designed for hammer drilling with this function. This sharpener has a diamond wheel so it CAN sharpen carbide tipped bits!

Works great. Just sharpened 75 drill bits and what a difference a sharp drill bit makes. Very easy to use. Well worth the money invested. Think I just paid for it sharpening these bits.

First off, this machine is quite good.it will sharpen dull bits as good as new.the actual sharpening process is quite easy and quick.the instructions to get there are a little vague.if your grinding a 118° angle the printed instructions doesn't tell you what notch to put the chuck in to get the desired relief angle.you have to keep resetting the bit and selecting the next notch and regrinding to get the desired relief angle.for the 135°setting the instructions do tell you the notch to select. And the port to grind the split point is straight forward.i used that port on a 3/ 8th's bit it dressed the point up nicely but it didn't grind the whole flute.( Probably the bit stick- out from the chuck is the reason). Overall I'm well pleased with the machine.it eleminates the errors and guess work that come with free hand sharpening.the vagueness of the printed instructions is the reason for 4 stars.it does an excellent job and in my opinion,worth the cost of the purchase price.a d with a three year no product registration hassle free warranty the cost is reasonable. Once you get the process to get the bit set to grind down pat your in business.i recommend this product to anyone who's not looking to keep on buying bits to replace the dull ones.

Works amazing! Sharpened all my bits I thought were worthless. Was going to buy new expensive bits and now I don't have to. Easy to use and pretty fast too

Just received this today and very pleased with this purchase. Despite some other reviewers comments, the instruction manual is comprehensive, easy to understand and fully explains the operation of the Drill Doctor. I had no trouble setting up for 118 or 135 degree point angles. I resharpened some 34 drill bits from 3/32" to 1/2" that were blunt and changed one from 118 degrees to 135 with a split point. It took about 1 hour and 15 mins in total. After, they all were sharp, exactly to specification and cut through wood and steel like they were brand new. The 135 deg split point drill bit I cut (5/16") produced the perfect Curly Q's as shown in the photo, when cutting through a 1/4" mild steel bar with my drill press. I've always tried to hand grind my drills or bought new. While they were fairly sharp and drilled OK after my hand grinding, they certainly looked hand-ground and weren't like a new drill bit with a well-defined chisel edge, relief angle, even cutting edges and a perfect point angle. With a couple minutes work in the Drill Doctor, I have perfect bits. Points to note: - The 135 deg point angle setting is the one notch to the right of the 12 o'clock positioned 118 degree notch in the alignment port. The other 10 deg notches are to fine tune the chisel edge and relief angles, which 99 times out of a 100, you won't need to adjust. - Make sure the spring steel jaws in the alignment port snap into the drill at its narrowest point across the width of the flutes. Rotate the drill bit as required to make this happen. This ensures the correct angular position of the bit in the chuck for grinding. - After finger snugging the bit in the chuck in the alignment port, remove it and hand tighten. That way the drill doesn't move from its perfect alignment for grinding. - Keep rotating the chuck in the grinding port with light pressure down and keeping the chuck against the cam pin, grinding until the grinding sounds stop occurring. The bit at that point is fully ground. - Eventually the grinding wheel will wear down. You can remove it and turn it around to get another 100 or so drills sharpened before having to replace the wheel for about $20. After doing all my 34 drills, I could feel that the roughness of the grinding wheel was less that the other unused end, but it was still easily capable of grinding bits. - Grinding dust does spill out onto the bench through the gaps around the transparent cover under the grinding wheel. After all my bits, I had a tiny heap on the table, with more inside the machine. I cleaned the Drill Doctor before putting it away, per the instructions. - Don't mash the bit into wheel, especially for making the split point. Treat it gently and pulse it until the sound stops. I've now got a way to have sharp drill whenever I need them. I always had to make do or go buy yet another drill bit. The Drill Doctor is not a cheap tool, but it is well-made and sturdy. Once you have it, you can really appreciate its value. No regrets at all. I will never need to buy bits again until I've worm them down to an unusable length and by then, that will have paid back the cost of the Drill Doctor many times over!

I had a Drill Doctor 350 which was ok but it could only sharpen an angle of 118. I drill a lot of metal and 135 is a better angle for this material. I upgraded to the 500 and WOW am I ever impressed. The 500 can sharpen both angles and do it well. There’s not big learning curve either. There’s a video on using it as well as a pretty good manual included. I honestly don’t think I’ll ever need to any new bits for quite some time.

Handig en snel

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Not that much good as expected

Es una de las mejores compras que hecho en Amazon, en verdad es un buen producto, los materiales se sienten bien, es fácil de usar y el disco de afilado parece que no necesitará ser remplazado pronto, afilé unas 50 brocas y no muestra ni siquiera desgaste, 1000% recomendado.