Thanks Ken and Rob,
I'm kinda hoping this plants a seed in the minds of Tormek and if you don't ask, you'll never know. Is the large drill bit market a limited size market? Absolutely! But those of us of the large drill bit persuasion need to sharpen up once in a while
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I was imagining a simple stand alone larger clamp as an optional add-on to the DBS-22 that would use the same adjustments and slide mount as the DBS-22 clamp. Sadly, I know, new design and tooling costs, etc...
Could I have a machinist CNC me a custom job? Sure, but knowing the guy who has done some fabrication for me in the past, he'd probably charge me more than the T7 cost. I'll just wait and see if Tormek makes it happen.
Ken, you are right, I do step drill my holes up 1/16" per bit up to the desired final hole size. It's always better to peck those holes open a little bit at a time to not overwork the drill bit, keep the hole straight and not mess up the project.
Again, thank you for your help. The Tormek T7 is by far the best product I have purchased and I have had a great time using this excellent machine. Reading your posts has helped me tremendously learning the fine points of sharpening the Tormek way. I picked up on drill bit sharpening with the DBS-22 rather quickly using the great videos but still find that no matter how well I have the technique down by the end of my drill bit sharpening session, I still have to go back to the videos the next time to refresh my memory...(how did I do this again???)
-Ted
I'm kinda hoping this plants a seed in the minds of Tormek and if you don't ask, you'll never know. Is the large drill bit market a limited size market? Absolutely! But those of us of the large drill bit persuasion need to sharpen up once in a while
. I was imagining a simple stand alone larger clamp as an optional add-on to the DBS-22 that would use the same adjustments and slide mount as the DBS-22 clamp. Sadly, I know, new design and tooling costs, etc...
Could I have a machinist CNC me a custom job? Sure, but knowing the guy who has done some fabrication for me in the past, he'd probably charge me more than the T7 cost. I'll just wait and see if Tormek makes it happen.
Ken, you are right, I do step drill my holes up 1/16" per bit up to the desired final hole size. It's always better to peck those holes open a little bit at a time to not overwork the drill bit, keep the hole straight and not mess up the project.
Again, thank you for your help. The Tormek T7 is by far the best product I have purchased and I have had a great time using this excellent machine. Reading your posts has helped me tremendously learning the fine points of sharpening the Tormek way. I picked up on drill bit sharpening with the DBS-22 rather quickly using the great videos but still find that no matter how well I have the technique down by the end of my drill bit sharpening session, I still have to go back to the videos the next time to refresh my memory...(how did I do this again???)
-Ted