Hello bb;
An oil and gas company I once worked for used to send the slugger bits out to be sharpened. They would come back in a couple of days or a week. They were as good as new. I can't remember the name of the company though. They were in the Houston metro area. You might get on the internet and find a place close by that could do it. Have a good evening. Matt
Thanks i'll check it out.
If You want to touch them up by hand, a silicon carbide "green" wheel cuts carbide better than an aluminum oxide wheel used for steel tools. I suggest 100 or 120 grit. A profesional will use a diamond wheel and give better results.
Yes, even the teeth can be replaced & re brazed if you busted them off. Any machine shop with a good tool cutter guy & a Cincinnati # 2 should be plenty able to handle that for you. Can't say the cost, but cheaper than buying a new one. Probably a LOT cheaper.
You can look under machine shop or tool sharpening in the yellow pages & most likely find a local place to do it for you.
Good luck. S.W.
one of the easiest places to get resharpend is at your local Fastenal branch they send them to somebody that sharpens them under contract takes a few days never been disapointed. GO STEELERS & PENS.
bbwinc,
The guys are right about getting the bits resharpened at places like Fastenal and welding supply distributors.
It's usually pretty pricey, and it takes a long time, but it's sometimes better than doing without.
I'm not sure about Steve's comment about brazing on a new tooth. The only "slugger" bits I'm familiar with are solid carbide, one piece annular cutters.
Hougen sells a sharpening machine for the cutters for about $4000. I don't know how well they work as I could never afford one, but I assume that's what the folks who do the resharpening use.
I simply use the edge of a gringing wheel. It's not as good as a professional resharpen, and it's very easy to screw up, but it's doable in 15 minutes rather than waiting a week . I'm not recommending it as it's a good way to ruin a very expensive cutter. I'm just saying it is doable.
Tim
Didn't know they were solid carbide!! The annular cutters I have are HSS. I have seen ones like them with carbide teeth brazed on, like a lathe tool bit, hence the comment. Still, even solid a carbide cutter like that, a tool cutting shop/machine shop could do that job fairly reasonable. A sliding end mill sharpener fixture & tool grinder are all a skilled cutter needs. MUCH cheaper than a new one. Probably a LOT cheaper than Top Tier Industrial Pricing from Fastenal as well. I got raped on some stuff there once, I'll never go back. They most likely send it out to a machine shop & then add 30-40% to the total :-)
I learn something new every day. :-)
S.W.
Thanks you for the info, i'll probly give fastenal a try. I've used them for bigger drill bits i had done few years back, thanks a lot fellas!!!!!!!!!!
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