"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:52:47 -0800, the inscrutable "Teamcasa"
spake:



Exactly what I said, except for using a belt sander. Using a belt sander
to
sharpen drill bits seems odd. A belt can not be as accurate as a stone
wheeled grinder. I've worked in and around many machine shops and never
met
a good machinist that sharpens bits on a belt.

I haven't been in a machine shop for some time now, but when I visited
them weekly (in a past life as a wrench), none had belt sanders, at
least not that I can remember. Maybe that's why you never met one,
either.


It'd be my bad guys. Should not have said belt sander. Should have said
Stationary Belt Sander. Don't know about the machine shops you've been in
but like I said the guy who showed me how to sharpen drill bits showed me on
a Stationary Belt Sander. Come to think of it, I've seen them in other
machine shops as well. Maybe Larry just never noticed them in the shops he
was in.
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-Mike-