[AT] Drill bits for drilling our old tractor steel and iron.

Cecil Bearden crbearden at copper.net
Fri Oct 25 16:55:55 PDT 2019


That is the problem with those American Made Drill Bits sold at the farm 
shows.  They are case harddened.  When they are resharpened the 
hardening is gone...
Cecil

On 10/25/2019 4:22 PM, szabelski at wildblue.net wrote:
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> Not all resharpened drills will keep an edge like a new drill. The manufacturers sometimes temper the cutting edge a little and the rest of the drill will be slightly softer. I’ve seen drills that snap when they get stuck in a piece of work, and then seen others that twist the flutes almost straight when they get stuck.
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