can the 1/16 bit be sharpened?

[kcc2012]

I know this is an old thread but I found a company through a Google search that might be able to sharpen the bit's I haven't contacted them yet. I plan to next week. here is the link to their page. http://www.mtgtool.com/

[lovejoys]

Hello, I have a company that re-sharpens my bits. They have a minimum order. They will only do the 1/16th carving bits. So, what I am offering is a bit exchange. You would send me your old bits and I will send you re-sharpened bits. If they are sent with adapters, they will come back with the same kind of adapters. You will not receive the exact bits back as I have a large stock of re-sharpened bits on hand. This eliminates the turn-a-round time. You will handle the shipping to us and we will handle the shipping back to you, US shipping addresses only. I am asking for a minimum order of 5 bits per mailing. Each re-sharpened bit is $20. If you wish to contact us for more information, please send a PM through here. Thank you

[chebytrk]

Sounds a bit expensive for used re sharpened bits. Keep in mind that after paying $20 + shipping, that can be very close to a brand new bit. Just my opinion..

Hello, I have a company that re-sharpens my bits. They have a minimum order. They will only do the 1/16th carving bits. So, what I am offering is a bit exchange. You would send me your old bits and I will send you re-sharpened bits. If they are sent with adapters, they will come back with the same kind of adapters. You will not receive the exact bits back as I have a large stock of re-sharpened bits on hand. This eliminates the turn-a-round time. You will handle the shipping to us and we will handle the shipping back to you, US shipping addresses only. I am asking for a minimum order of 5 bits per mailing. Each re-sharpened bit is $20. If you wish to contact us for more information, please send a PM through here. Thank you

[SteveNelson46]

Sounds a bit expensive for used re sharpened bits. Keep in mind that after paying $20 + shipping, that can be very close to a brand new bit. Just my opinion..

You have to send him 5 old bits in exchange for re-sharpened ones. If they last as long as a new bit it sounds like a pretty good deal as long as they are sharpened along the flutes also. 5 bits at $20 each plus shipping ($10?) equals $110. The problem is that I don't have 5 old bits. I've just been throwing them away.

[lovejoys]

shipping in a flat rate box is only $5.95 and you can get 40 plus bit if you have them
new bit are running $30.00-$40.00 plus shipping

[chebytrk]

Oops sorry .. my bad. I agree, that does sound like a very good deal on the bits. Time to start digging around for my old ones.

[CNC Carver]

How many times can they be resharpened? Are they marked so you will not end up with ones that have been resharpened too many times and send them out to a different user. Just thinking aloud. Sounds good so far.

Jeff

[rickyz]

think I'll have to see how many old ones I've got...sounds like a good deal....

[lovejoys]

The max is 3 time and yes we do mark them.
if we get a bit that has been done we will not ship it out or even try to re sharpen it again.

[CNC Carver]

Great. Then we can also know the life we have left.

The max is 3 time and yes we do mark them.
if we get a bit that has been done we will not ship it out or even try to re sharpen it again.