Turtle you are right that you need a different wheel. Green wheels are the
order of the day for masonry bits.

According to my dad, a retired tool and die maker, "the harder the steel,
the softer the wheel."

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DanG


"TURTLE" wrote in message
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"Stormin Mormonn" wrote in message
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I sharpen carbide bits now and again with a bench grinder. Light
pressure
into the wheel, and try to duplicate the factory slopes and angles.

Carbide bits don't have a curved trailing edge, so you don't use the
same
wrist twist when making the cutting edge.

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This is Turtle.

Stormy the fellow is sharpening a Masonry drill bit and not just a carbit
bit. Regular Grinder wheel don't cut it. You have to have a special type
wheel to cut the mansonry bit edges. The grinding wheel material has to be
harder than the bit your sharpening.

TURTLE