Reply To: Bit and brace bits without wings any use?

First, google search has the “site:” funcition that allows you to restrict searches to only a website or part of website. A search that includes Site:Paulsellers.com and search words will return results from that site. To find things from the tool maintenance portion of this site ( “bit”, for instance) you type in

https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com/discussions/forums/general-woodworking-discussions/tools-and-tool-maintenancerestoration/ Bit

As to your question on your bits, without seeing them it’s hard to give advice. If they are completely worn down Irwin, Jennings, or similar they might be toast, or they might be salvageable. Paul has a video on how to tell and how to sharpen spurbits.

Search on : sharpening-auger-bit/

The key here is you have to sharpen back the cutter enough so the Spur in front of it scores the wood before the cutter “sees” the wood. That may or may not be possible.

But it’s possible that older bits don’t have traditional spurs and yours might be that type.. Swan, Sargent, Miller Falls and other companies produced other types to get around Jennings patents. If yours are one of those types, you might have a sought after find…

I’ll post a couple samples.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by Larry Geib.
• This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by Larry Geib.