| It's priced right because the functional simplicity of this drill bit sharpener allows it to be. It's performance always meets expectations.... More about the DrillGadget |
| DrillGadget |
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L.Douglas,LLC Consumer Product Conceptualizing
| Wall thickness too thin to measure result with bits sharpened with their critical geometry accurately preserved.....More Close up examination of this image shows the unique polished look of a drill tip sharpened with the DrillGadget. |
| Easy to replace sharpening strips keeps the DrillGadget priced right even more so. Simply slit your own from a sheet of aluminum oxide or silicon carbide paper that you can purchase at any hardware store or home center. |
| Sharpen not only your 118 degree drill bits, but your 135 degree split tip drill bits as well, both up to 1/2 in. diameter. More |
| 135 degree split tip drill bits as well are just as easy to sharpen with the DrillGadget. Even this hard titanium coated split tip drill bit, with even more complicated geometry is easy to do. More |
| For carbide drill tips, It's very easy to double stick consumer available diamond impregnated honing media to the DrillGadget to produce accurate crisp cutting edges. More ( Diamond impregnated strip not included. Address below.) |
| The manufacturer's critical drill tip geometry is preserved with the DrillGadget. Note the accurate linear brushing strokes of the gadget creating a knife edge while elimating the circular grinding strokes left by a previous grinding operation...More |
| Watch some short videos that help describe the sharpening drill bits process as well as sharpened drill bits in action .....Videos |
| US Patent 7,507,149 |
Welcome Visitors:
Thank you for visiting the DrillGadget
website. The meaty product presentation
is to the right and some history and design
rational follow in this note.
Several years ago while playing in my
workshop with my new drill bit grinder that
two million others and your's truly each
paid $100 or so for, I was very impressed
with the results I got bringing old drill bits
back to life. Not a bad gift idea I thought
but a little pricey. After an hour or so
sharpening drill bits and becoming less
excited about my new tool, I put it aside
and retired to my favorite chair. Being the
frugal person I am, I sat in thought why I
paid $100 for a tool to put new points on a
set of drill bits I could replace for $20. I
went to bed telling myself I would have it
for a long time and wouldn't have to buy
any more drill bits, unless of course I got
too carried away grinding them and they
became too short to use.
I wasn't too far into my walk along the
canal the next day while thinking about
sharpening drill bits and how to simplify the
task because I convinced myself that if two
million people paid $100 for a drill bit
grinder to make sharpening drill bits
easier, a billion people, maybe less I
agree, might pay $5 to $10 for a priced
right tool that will also make their drill bits
as sharp as they ever have to be. I didn't
know what the concept was, but I knew
what a drill tip was all about and decided
geometry, and not bells and whistles, was
going to be the name of the game. It was
going to have to preserve the critical
geometry of a drill tip, both 118 degree
and 135 degree including split tip, be easy
to use, small enough to keep with the bits,
and manual, not only because a motor
wouldn't fit the budget, but because of the
need to always have it available for the
work site as well as in the workshop for
home projects. It had to be a useful hand
tool, as useful as a chisel or a screwdriver.
And also very important, I wanted an
everyday sharpening media, easily
renewable, like an existing aluminum oxide
or silicon carbide product from a sanding
belt manufacturer. Diamond impregnated
sheets came to mind as well.
It took a half dozen prototypes or so to
get where I wanted my drill bit sharpener to
be. A handful of quality parts all relating to
drill tip geometry, and the realization that
strips of everyday aluminum oxide or
silicon carbide sandpaper worked very
nicely with bits all the way up to carbide is
what came to life as a true gadget,
something that easily erases the
complicated task of sharpening drill bits.
The DrillGadget is not a drill bit grinder
and isn't intended to be. It's a precision
cutting edge and chisel point restorer, and
because of that, it is a accurate drill bit
sharpener. It is robust and molded from
space age resins, process controlled to
provide precision gripping and positioning
of a wide range of bit sizes, and several
types as well, and allows the user to
determine what grit abrasive should be
used when sharpening drill bits, and
honing them as well as how much
sharpening is needed.
The complexity of drill tips surprises
many people. They are not simple points
like a pencil. Along with the precise
geometry, different tip angles are being
marketed and as everyone knows, a huge
range of drill tip diameters. Drill bit
sharpeners have to be accurate and
versatile, and the DrillGadget definitely is.
Drill tips are complicated, but sharpening
them with a DrillGadget isn't.
Drill bits are made from a wide range of
materials. Every day drills are made from
tool steels followed by a range of harder
materials, right up to titanium coated and
carbide. Drill bit sharpeners are expected
by consumers to handle not only the softer
materials, but the harder materials as well.
The DrillGadget, although not a drill bit
grinder, holds it's own as a drill bit
sharpener. Close up images of actual
results.
How easy is the latest concept in drill bit
sharpeners to use while sharpening drill
bits? Only one or two more steps than
sharpening a pencil. One...Two...and
Three. Simpler than most hand tools, and
by no means a complicated task.
Several years ago when motivated by
the complicated task of understanding and
using dovetailing fixtures, I started
conceptualizing the ChestMate
Dovetailing Jig, I had a market in mind
and a design goal as well. Keep it simple
and cost effective. I like to think this little
drill bit sharpener is heading for the same
success.
Please visit the DrillGadget site a bit
and let us help with your decision. We
have three short videos for you to enjoy
as well. And the instructions are as easy
as you might expect.
Thank you for visiting the DrillGadget
website. The meaty product presentation
is to the right and some history and design
rational follow in this note.
Several years ago while playing in my
workshop with my new drill bit grinder that
two million others and your's truly each
paid $100 or so for, I was very impressed
with the results I got bringing old drill bits
back to life. Not a bad gift idea I thought
but a little pricey. After an hour or so
sharpening drill bits and becoming less
excited about my new tool, I put it aside
and retired to my favorite chair. Being the
frugal person I am, I sat in thought why I
paid $100 for a tool to put new points on a
set of drill bits I could replace for $20. I
went to bed telling myself I would have it
for a long time and wouldn't have to buy
any more drill bits, unless of course I got
too carried away grinding them and they
became too short to use.
I wasn't too far into my walk along the
canal the next day while thinking about
sharpening drill bits and how to simplify the
task because I convinced myself that if two
million people paid $100 for a drill bit
grinder to make sharpening drill bits
easier, a billion people, maybe less I
agree, might pay $5 to $10 for a priced
right tool that will also make their drill bits
as sharp as they ever have to be. I didn't
know what the concept was, but I knew
what a drill tip was all about and decided
geometry, and not bells and whistles, was
going to be the name of the game. It was
going to have to preserve the critical
geometry of a drill tip, both 118 degree
and 135 degree including split tip, be easy
to use, small enough to keep with the bits,
and manual, not only because a motor
wouldn't fit the budget, but because of the
need to always have it available for the
work site as well as in the workshop for
home projects. It had to be a useful hand
tool, as useful as a chisel or a screwdriver.
And also very important, I wanted an
everyday sharpening media, easily
renewable, like an existing aluminum oxide
or silicon carbide product from a sanding
belt manufacturer. Diamond impregnated
sheets came to mind as well.
It took a half dozen prototypes or so to
get where I wanted my drill bit sharpener to
be. A handful of quality parts all relating to
drill tip geometry, and the realization that
strips of everyday aluminum oxide or
silicon carbide sandpaper worked very
nicely with bits all the way up to carbide is
what came to life as a true gadget,
something that easily erases the
complicated task of sharpening drill bits.
The DrillGadget is not a drill bit grinder
and isn't intended to be. It's a precision
cutting edge and chisel point restorer, and
because of that, it is a accurate drill bit
sharpener. It is robust and molded from
space age resins, process controlled to
provide precision gripping and positioning
of a wide range of bit sizes, and several
types as well, and allows the user to
determine what grit abrasive should be
used when sharpening drill bits, and
honing them as well as how much
sharpening is needed.
The complexity of drill tips surprises
many people. They are not simple points
like a pencil. Along with the precise
geometry, different tip angles are being
marketed and as everyone knows, a huge
range of drill tip diameters. Drill bit
sharpeners have to be accurate and
versatile, and the DrillGadget definitely is.
Drill tips are complicated, but sharpening
them with a DrillGadget isn't.
Drill bits are made from a wide range of
materials. Every day drills are made from
tool steels followed by a range of harder
materials, right up to titanium coated and
carbide. Drill bit sharpeners are expected
by consumers to handle not only the softer
materials, but the harder materials as well.
The DrillGadget, although not a drill bit
grinder, holds it's own as a drill bit
sharpener. Close up images of actual
results.
How easy is the latest concept in drill bit
sharpeners to use while sharpening drill
bits? Only one or two more steps than
sharpening a pencil. One...Two...and
Three. Simpler than most hand tools, and
by no means a complicated task.
Several years ago when motivated by
the complicated task of understanding and
using dovetailing fixtures, I started
conceptualizing the ChestMate
Dovetailing Jig, I had a market in mind
and a design goal as well. Keep it simple
and cost effective. I like to think this little
drill bit sharpener is heading for the same
success.
Please visit the DrillGadget site a bit
and let us help with your decision. We
have three short videos for you to enjoy
as well. And the instructions are as easy
as you might expect.
Guaranteed 2 years
excluding shipping.
excluding shipping.
| L.Douglas, LLC 8 Candleberry Court Bourne, MA 02532 508-759-3563 |
Thanks for visiting the DrillGadget web site and if you decide
to buy one for your workshop or a gift for someone else's
workshop, thank you very much for that as well.
Enjoy your work and projects and remember when using your
tools the safety tips you've learned along the way..
to buy one for your workshop or a gift for someone else's
workshop, thank you very much for that as well.
Enjoy your work and projects and remember when using your
tools the safety tips you've learned along the way..
The DrillGadget is fun, rewarding, fast, easy to use and
affordable. It's a clever idea developed intentionally in a way
for everyone to have one, a simple and priced right hand
tool without complications....
affordable. It's a clever idea developed intentionally in a way
for everyone to have one, a simple and priced right hand
tool without complications....
......It allows you to totally
control the dressing of the
cutting edges of your drill tips
at a precise compound angle,
restoring the critical drill tip
geometry and quickly bringing
crisp edges to your bits.
control the dressing of the
cutting edges of your drill tips
at a precise compound angle,
restoring the critical drill tip
geometry and quickly bringing
crisp edges to your bits.
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| Diamond Impregnated Honing Strips www.dmtsharp.com |
Accurate
Through
Dovetails
Through
Dovetails
Only Shipping
included.
included.
$9.95
Only $9.95 to sharpen your drill bits when
you need without aggravation.
you need without aggravation.
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| Your drill bits will also be this sharp after dressing them with your DrillGadget |
| The only difficult part of sharpening drill bits by hand is positioning them perfectly and dressing them at a precise compound angle. That's what the DrillGadget allows YOU to do. It's as easy to do as the annotation below suggests and your results are guaranteed to be as good as the image to the far left shows. |
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