Drill Doctor 400 User Manual
2. SHARPEN BITS
1. ALIGN BITS
JOURNEYMAN 400
User’s Guide
Guía del usuario
Mode d’emploi
3. SPLIT POINTS
Thank you...
for buying your Drill Doctor® 400. It will become a valuable tool
because you will now have sharp drill bits before a project,
during a project, and after a project.
I am very proud of the quality of our products and I am equally
proud of the great people at Drill Doctor who design and produce
them. If you have questions or need help with your Drill Doctor,
please call 1-800-597-6170 and one of our customer
representatives will be there to help. We support what we build!
Use this User’s Guide to learn to operate your Drill Doctor. I also
want to invite you to visit our website at www.DrillDoctor.com.
There you will find:
• Demonstrations of all operations with the sights and sounds
leading to successful drill bit sharpening
• Downloadable copies of the User’s Guide
• Warranty registration
• Service and contact numbers
Again, thank you for buying a Drill Doctor. Now enjoy its
convenience and quality.
Hank O’Dougherty, President, Drill Doctor
®
Contents
English
Safety .......................................................................... 2
Getting to Know Your Drill Doctor®............................ 3
Identifying Basic Drill Bits ........................................... 4
Anatomy of a Drill Bit ................................................. 4
The Drill Doctor® Sharpening Process ......................... 5
Aligning the Drill Bit ................................................... 5
Grit Tube Attachment .................................................. 7
Sharpening the Drill Bit .............................................. 8
Identifying Correctly Sharpened Drill Bits ...................9
Split Points ............................................................... 10
Creating or Replacing a Split Point .......................... 10
Identifying Correctly Split Bits ................................. 11
Sharpening Bits of Different Lengths
and Diameters ....................................................... 12
Aligning and Sharpening Masonry Drill Bits ............ 13
Questions and Answers ........................................... 14
English
Drill Doctor® Maintenance ....................................... 18
Accessories and User-Replaceable Parts .................. 20
Warranty .................................................................. 21
Español ........................................................... 22
Français .......................................................... 45
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Safety
• Carefully read this User’s Guide before operating the Drill
Doctor.
• When using electric tools, basic safety precautions should
always be followed to prevent the risk of fire, electric shock
and personal injury.
• Always disconnect the Drill Doctor when cleaning or
inspecting. Make sure the switch is in the OFF position before
plugging in the power cord.
• Do not use in wet or damp locations.
• Do not abuse the cord.
• Wear eye protection when using or cleaning the Drill Doctor.
• Never touch internal parts of the sharpener when it is turned
on or plugged in. The rotating diamond wheel can cause injury.
• As with any power tool, the Drill Doctor should be kept out
of the reach of children.
WARNING: Some dust created by power sanding,
grinding, miscellaneous construction activities, as well
as contents from the machine including the molding,
wiring, grinding wheel, or any other parts may contain
chemicals known to the State of California to cause
cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm and can
be hazardous to your health.
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Getting to Know Your Drill Doctor
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Flat Spot
Cam
Chuck
Knob
Alignment
Hole
Flat Spot
Alignment
Button
Chuck
Window
Cam Guide
Sharpening
Hole
Wheel Access
Cover
Power Switch
(at cord end)
Split
Point
Hole
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Grit Tube and Cap
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Identifying Basic Drill Bits
The Drill Doctor® is most efficient when used to resharpen a
drill bit’s original point angle. With its standard diamond grinding wheel it will sharpen high-speed steel, cobalt, TiN-coated,
carbide and masonry drill bits.
It has been designed and engineered to sharpen three of the
most common drill bit types:
Standard Point
This general purpose point is used for
drilling softer materials like cold
rolled steel, aluminum, and wood.
Split point bits are self-centering
and are generally used for tempered
steels, hard alloys or hard cast
materials.
Masonry bits have a carbide insert
at the point and are used for drilling
materials like cement, brick, and
ceramic.
Anatomy of a Drill Bit
Chisel
Edge
Heel
Heel
Cutting
Edge
Cutting
Edge
It is important to understand that
each bit has a Chisel Edge, a Cutting
Edge, and a Heel.
When viewing a well sharpened bit
from the end, the entire surface from
the Cutting Edge to the Heel will have
a finely ground surface without ridges
or indentations. And, the Heel will
always be lower than the Cutting Edge.
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The Drill Doctor® Sharpening Process
The sharpening process includes 3 easy procedures:
1. Align the bit in the Chuck.
2. Sharpen the bit.
3. Split the point (if you choose).
Be sure to complete all three of the procedures to sharpen
and split a bit and always sharpen the bit prior to splitting it.
Aligning the Drill Bit
(See page 13 to align and sharpen a Masonry drill bit.)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Turn the Chuck Knob to the left
to open the Chuck and Insert
your drill bit into the Chuck
(about halfway in is fine for
now).
Turn the Chuck Knob to the right
to tighten.
Turn the Chuck Knob to the left
just until the bit will slide and
rotate in the Chuck.
With one hand, press in and
hold the Alignment Button on
the Drill Doctor (do not release
until Step 7).
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8.
Flat Spots
With your free hand, insert the
Chuck into the Alignment Hole—
make sure the flat spots on the
Chuck match the flat spots in
the hole.
At this point, the Chuck
should be inserted into the
Alignment Hole with the
flat spots hidden, and the
Chuck should be locked in the hole.
With the Alignment Button held
in, push the drill bit forward until
it is against the Drill Stop.
Look at the drill bit through
the Window over the
Alignment Hole—it should be
against the Drill Stop.
Release the Alignment Button.
While looking in the Window,
turn the drill bit to the right until
you feel the Bit Clamps grip
the bit at its narrowest
point (the bit is now difficult
to turn either way).
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Turn the Chuck Knob to the right
until it is tight but make sure that
the bit did not turn or the Chuck
did not back out of the Hole.
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