04-03-2019, 06:13 PM
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 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.
jack