Any trick, or just get a grinder or file and try to duplicate the angle? It
looks sharp, but it smokes a bit when cutting. Maybe I hit a knot.

Steve

SteveB wrote:
Any trick, or just get a grinder or file and try to duplicate the
angle? It looks sharp, but it smokes a bit when cutting. Maybe I
hit a knot.
Steve

Be sure you sharpen only on the ID and the back side of the cutting
edges . I find a diamond stone (HF cheapies) works very well on these , and
on router bits . Got one small forstner type that some idiot ground a bevel
on the outside . I use it to pin drawings to the wall . ( I work in a
cabinet shop .)
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:08:46 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm,
"SteveB" quickly quoth:

Any trick, or just get a grinder or file and try to duplicate the angle? It
looks sharp, but it smokes a bit when cutting. Maybe I hit a knot.

Use an auger bit file if you have clearance, Steve. If you have the
split-side bits, a small honing stone will fit the throat to hone the
back of the flute, or chip-breaker.

I heartily recommend Leonard Lee's (yes, of Lee Valley fame) book,
_The Complete Guide to Sharpening_. He devotes several pages to
forstner bits.

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