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tom wrote:
not quite "woodturning" but related ...

http://tinyurl.com/yl4f8pe

or equivalent

comments?

I worked as a machinist for about 8 years running a
drilling department. We used everything from .015
up to 3". I watched the tool crib guy hand sharpen
drills and thought it looked easy. Tried it myself
a few times and found it was easy. If you have an
eye for it, it becomes very easy after a few tries
and only requires a bench grinder with a squared up
wheel. If you have a bench grinder and wheel dresser
try it out a bit before you buy a drill doctor. You
may find you don't need it.

Agreed. I do them all by hand. When I was a kid, I looked closely at a
dull bit and closely at a sharp bit. Then I turned on the old man's
bench grinder. It took a few tries, but got a real sense of "Aha!" when
I finally did it correctly.

If it's a tiny drill, I use wet sandpaper stuck to glass.

-j