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Tool Vevor Drill Bit Sharpener

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Perry said:
That is about $22Cad per motor. I'm guessing those motors weigh more than 1Kg each. That shipping is pretty reasonable.

I can pull off $17Cad per kilogram pretty easy when I'm there. With a little more effort I might be able to better that. A larger shipment would bring the cost down also. I'll be in China next week, but not close enough to MRCM. I believe they are located just south of Shanghai.

I will check and see if they have a source in Shenzhen and Guangzhou.
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MRCM said they could ship to your hotel for free...
 
Perry said:
Did they mention if they have a supplier in either Shenzhen of Guangzhou?


How much lead time do they need to ship and have it show up well I'm there?
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No local supplier which is why they volunteered to ship. I'll ask them about lead time. How long will you be there?
 
TorontoBuilder said:
No local supplier which is why they volunteered to ship. I'll ask them about lead time. How long will you be there?
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Might be cutting it close. Leave here Tuesday, get there on their Wednesday evening. Probably off to Guangzhou on Friday. I would really like to get my shipping set up before having them ship to Shenzhen.....you know...just in case. Might have to take a another trip to Shanghai and Beijing in the spring. That might work out better.

Leaving China on Monday morning......but not coming straight back to Canada.....the reason I would try to ship from there.
 
Susquatch said:
I'd bet they will. The reverse setup of the collets leaves a fairly open volume at the back of the collet (the front of a normal collet). I don't see any reason that a hex shaft drill won't fit in there. But I have a fairly large set of hex shaft drills. I'll check the largest and smallest for you tomorrow.
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My nurse Nazi went to town yesterday and I got some me time in the shop.

@YotaBota - the larger hex drills work fine. The smallest ones don't. They are not long enough to reach through the collet. The smallest of mine that worked was 1/8. But the length of those drills, vary significantly by brand. I think you just need to try it for whatever brand you have.
 
I sharpened a big 1/2 drill on my 13B and was surprised to discover that the web thinning seemed to be a bit non-symmetrical

Here are photos of the two sides.

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I exchanged a few PMs with @TorontoBuilder who graciously did a few experiments for me.

In the end, I decided to sharpen a brand new $30 dollar drill. The results were MUCH better. I think we cannot under estimate the poor dimensional quality of budget priced drills. My $30 to $50 (I forget exactly what I paid) 1/2" dormer looks just fine.

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I believe this all boils down to the consistency of the drill web. I think the web of my junk drill is off center a bit.

I am not going to post this info in the drill sharpener improved thread because it pertains to any Sharpener.
 
@Susquatch - thanks for checking on the length of bits.

On another note, my 13b arrived today. It will be a bit of an adjustment going from ER40 collets to those itty bitty ER20 collets.

I haven't tried it yet but as it came in a day early and is the most gorgeous colour I'll give it a 5 star rating. lol
 
YotaBota said:
@Susquatch - thanks for checking on the length of bits.

On another note, my 13b arrived today. It will be a bit of an adjustment going from ER40 collets to those itty bitty ER20 collets.

I haven't tried it yet but as it came in a day early and is the most gorgeous colour I'll give it a 5 star rating. lol
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you shoud have bought the ER40 collet machine :p

Oh and bright orange is good for drill bit sharpeners, but not lathes? :p:p:p:rolleyes::p
 
Well, thank you @canuck750 for making us spend all our hard earned money :p

I just received the 13A this afternoon. Well, Holy cowabunga!! I'm a believer! The web diameter thing is a little hokey, so I just eyeballed it. Set the angle to a little more than 140° for the spotting drill I wanted sharpened and did the split point. I'm quite impressed.
 

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thestelster said:
Well, thank you @canuck750 for making us spend all our hard earned money :p

I just received the 13A this afternoon. Well, Holy cowabunga!! I'm a believer! The web diameter thing is a little hokey, so I just eyeballed it. Set the angle to a little more than 140° for the spotting drill I wanted sharpened and did the split point. I'm quite impressed.
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That is a great grind.


Show me your wheel Stel!
 
thestelster said:
The web diameter thing is a little hokey, so I just eyeballed it. Set the angle to a little more than 140° for the spotting drill I wanted sharpened and did the split point. I'm quite impressed.
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Awesome looking split point!

On the 13B that web diameter thing is probably an error. @TorontoBuilder and I both think it should be set to drill diameter, not web diameter.
 
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