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Support.



Drill at the right sliding position.


Drill at the left sliding position.

Sliding movement is centered over the  tool base plate.

Thanks for good help and advice with the posting of Pictures.

Janne

I wish I could see these pictures... :-( I just re-ground and sharpened an entire set of 118-degree bits down to 90-degrees for soft materials. Grinding at 90-degrees presents two problems for me with the DBS-22:

1) If you grind at the recommended bit protrusion, you can't grind using the full width of the wheel as the drill bit holder will come in contact with the left edge of the grinding wheel when you grind the bit using the right side of the wheel. The solution for me was to increase the bit protrusion approximately 3/16-inch.
2) When grinding using the left side of the wheel, the "sled" portion of the jig can become supported only 50% or less by the underlying support. I really wish the support extended left past the horizontal support bar.

I would be interested in seeing how you extended your support more to the left of the machine (past where it butts up against the horizontal support). The only thing that comes to mind for me is to get an extra support plate and cut off an inch or two of the channel and re-drill/re-tap a new hole for the screw knob.