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Mate, that's a real nice piece of work
Trevor Wilson

I think that if you were able to lock the SDV-186 to the support bar you could you a Foredom Variable speed motor & their flex drive & hand piece it would just be a matter of extending the shaft right through and machining it to 1/8" or 1/4" to suit the collet in the Foredom Handpiece.

I just sharpened a couple for my wife using the Foredom motor and a mandrel I use for Lapidary work, I just used a 1200 grit diamond stone holding it free hand & finished it off with polish on a leather belt. Test cut just fine, wife is happy & I've got weeks worth of brownie points.
Now all has to done is to machine some accurate parts to suit the various size holes in the cutter blades.

G'day Jeff,
              I changed the primary angle on drill sharpening jig and that worked a treat on the drills, they cut like new ones. Thanks a lot for your help.
Regards

Trevor Wilson     

G'day Jeff,
              I have just taken delivery of the new drill sharpening jig, an excellent addition to the Tormek system. I do have one question though, I have been sharpening a few old drill bits and have noticed that after sharpening them when testing them the swarf comes of in chips rather than a continous spiral that you usally get with a new drill bit. I am drilling a piece of 1/4" flat mild steel plate, in drill press using Trefolex as a cutting agent. Am I doing something wrong in the  sharpening process or is this normal? I would like to use this jig to make a few dollars on the side sharpening drill bits for the workshops etc around me, but I don't feel that the result I am getting is good enough to charge for. Hope you can help. I do use the T7 for sharpening scissors for the local sewing shop and find it does a great job, had some good feed back from customers. Also do a few hunting knives for a friend, he has been very happy with the result.

Regards

Trevor Wilson
(Australia)