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Default Drill sharpening.

Drills for countersinking rivets are ground with the smaller extended drill
point, it keeps the countersink circle concentric with the hole for the stem
of the rivet.

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WB
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"F Murtz" wrote in message
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Why are aircraft drills sometimes sharpened with a step at the end? is it
for drilling sheet in two stages?