Sharpening forstner bits

hazmat · Post by **hazmat** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:22 pm

Anyone have any suggestions for sharpening forstner bits? Mine is cutting kinda funny and I think it's dulled some.

RadDavis · Post by **RadDavis** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:56 pm

I just buy a new one. Life's too short for sharpening forstner bits.

Rad

jeff · Post by **jeff** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:31 pm

Wow, everything is that disposable to you? I bet you don't even sharpen your bandsaw blades!

RadDavis · Post by **RadDavis** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:10 pm

Hell no. I just throw them away too.

I have learned how to re-grit sandpaper though. It saved me $13.00 last year alone.

Rad

LatakiaLover · Post by **LatakiaLover** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:23 pm

RadDavis wrote:I have learned how to re-grit sandpaper though. It saved me $13.00 last year alone.

Given what a pipemaker earns per hour, it was probably less than that.

jeff · Post by **jeff** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:55 pm

RadDavis wrote:Hell no. I just throw them away too.

I have learned how to re-grit sandpaper though. It saved me $13.00 last year alone.

Rad

Come on, out with it! I've spent countless hours of theoretical and practical work attempting to do just that! $13 doesn't sound like much until you spread it over 6 or 7 years! Wow!

hazmat · Post by **hazmat** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:01 pm

All I can do is just shake my head..... lol...

RadDavis · Post by **RadDavis** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:30 am

jeff wrote:
RadDavis wrote:Hell no. I just throw them away too.

I have learned how to re-grit sandpaper though. It saved me $13.00 last year alone.

Rad
Come on, out with it! I've spent countless hours of theoretical and practical work attempting to do just that! $13 doesn't sound like much until you spread it over 6 or 7 years! Wow!

You got it!

Other makers may scoff, but in only 4 years or so, you have enough to buy an extra block of briar!

Rad