Had to Acquire A New Drill Doctor

[the penguin]

After doing tens of thousands drill bit resharpenings, my trusty Drill Doctor 750X, today decided it had reached its expiration date. The loss was a great catastrophe, it had served me loyally for about 5 years, it set idle on the shelf for weeks, then in a mad rush, resharpen a couple of hundred bits, then the cycle would repeat.  

The motor still runs perfectly, the pivoting mechanism for the sharpening chuck, is completely shot. So I went on a search and acquire mission, my local HD, only had the base unit, but Lowe’s had the middle model, not what I really wanted, but it will suffice, until I can either find a better one or I break down and buy an industrial grade Darex.

I did about 30 drills this late afternoon, the unit works fine. I’m somewhat pissed, the trash collection was this morning, the dead unit, could be in the landfill by now.

[the penguin]

DAMN IT!! DAMN IT!! After a day away from the problem, I found the issue with the DD750X, it’s fixed and back up and running. So as a seriously wound too tight penguin, I now own 2 Drill Doctors. Instead of doing a thorough investigation, I just ran out and bought another once. <sigh>

[arvidj]

I actually have two by choice. One has the 100 grit wheel to fix bits I really buggered up and the other has the 180 grit to put the finishing touches on or touch up a bit.

[Highpower]

(04-04-2019, 05:36 PM)the penguin Wrote: DAMN IT!! DAMN IT!! After a day away from the problem, I found the issue with the DD750X, it’s fixed and back up and running. So as a seriously wound too tight penguin, I now own 2 Drill Doctors. Instead of doing a thorough investigation, I just ran out and bought another once. <sigh>

So what was the issue and what did you do to fix it?

Mine is getting a little long in the tooth as well.

[the penguin]

The pivot mechanism was binding. I ran about 250 drill bits through the 750X, over the past two days, I resharpened the entire supply of drill bits in the service van and a few strays in the shop., the 750X work as usual, perfectly.

[Highpower]

Well maybe I will take mine apart and try lubing the pivot points then. Or let it sit on the healing bench awhile longer. When I first bought it (after the learning curve) it worked a treat. As time went by it started losing it's ability to hold the correct angles for point angle and back rake. I'd hate to toss it out since I invested in one of the left hand drill chucks as well. But I won't buy another plastic machine that is for sure. According to Darex they are only designed to last 5 years anyway.

[wawoodman]

Just as the fastest way to find something that’s lost in the shop is to buy another one, you can repair things the same way!