Old drill bits

[Sasquatch-1]

Does anyone have a need for old high speed drill bits?

[GT27]

Buy a Drill Doctor from Home Depot and resharpen them puppies up,saves a lot of cash!!!

[KCSO]

Save them they are great pin stock material. I sharpen them till I can't and then use the shanks for replacment pins.

[Bren R.]

Use them either as replacement pins or for "chasing out" a pin without parts falling into, say, a magazine well.

Bren R.

[andremajic]

+1 on the drill doctor. I've got a lifetime of drill bits now by just resharpening them. It's foolproof to use.

If you ever break/shatter one, then save the shank for some pins. You can spin them in a drill press and cut through them with a dremel cutoff wheel to the right length for some nice pins that are already hardened and tempered!

[303Guy]

I would make use of them! I don't have any Imperial sizes and those do come in handy. Unfortunately I'm a bit far to ship them cost wise. Perhaps someone closer.

[Shiloh]

Buy a Drill Doctor from Home Depot and resharpen them puppies up,saves a lot of cash!!!

+1

Unless they have been heat fried from forcing dull bits through steel, they could be sharpened.

Shiloh

[Tokarev]

For some odd reason I re-sharpen drill bits on a grinder easily and they cut thru steel like thru butter after that, but I can't for the life of me sharpen a lathe cutter to get smooth cut.
Once in a lifetime I sharpened a parting tool that cut very well and still proud of it. :(

[shotman]

thanks to fellow WV an got about 6 lbs and 90% were good enough to redo .

[Gunfreak25]

I am restoring a 1954 GMC M211 Deuce And A Half and am always looking to add bits and tools to my collection. I'd love to take the old bits off your hands. I resharpen all mine myself on my grinder. Sort of a lost art.

[Sasquatch-1]

The bits were sent to a new home about a week ago.

[David2011]

For some odd reason I re-sharpen drill bits on a grinder easily and they cut thru steel like thru butter after that, but I can't for the life of me sharpen a lathe cutter to get smooth cut.
Once in a lifetime I sharpened a parting tool that cut very well and still proud of it. :(

After you grind the tool do you stone it to make it smooth? I found that not only will that give me a smoother cut but the cutter stays sharp much longer.

David

[Tokarev]

No, my diamond grinding wheel is very smooth and there is no need to hone.