Grinding a brad point onto a metal drill bit

I needed a short brad point drill bit, so I started with a regular drill bit and ground a brad point on it with a dremel tool and jig to guide the cutting disk precisely.

[blaugrana-jwdd]

This guy is making his own drill bits while I'm out there struggling to make a straight cut

[bitghostnuts]

Matthias I've been watching your videos for years and every single time I find myself thinking "this man is a genius." For real, your ingenuity and DIY attitude is an inspiration to us all. This website is made better by your presence on it 🙏

[jsincoherency]

Superb. I love the simplicity of everything you do.

[douglasfeilen]

I've been doing this for 50 years, also making drills for flat bottom holes. 😊

[heladiorodriguez]

Sin temor a equivocarme eres mucha pieza maestro Matthias, Saludos

[OneWheelDrive]

Nice work Matthias, i have to try this by myself. HSS brad point drill bits are really expensive here. By the way ER collets are available in 1/4" hex. But not always easy to find for the right price.

[akaHarvesteR]

It's only logical that after making a wooden milling machine, the next project is a dremel-powered wooden d-bit grinder.

I may not be surprised, but I'm still thoroughly impressed! 😅

[TheZzziggy]

Here in our lovely Mordor one just comes to any hardware store and buys wood drill bits - either a set or single-piece. Yes, with cylindrical shanks. Yes, in any size.
Never thought it is that much of a hassle to get them on the other side of Arctic.

[clydeleguerrier]

Nice job . I guess you just wanted to see if you could make a Brad point bit. The quickest way would have been to just cutoff a regular brad points to make it shorter. Still very ingenious way of doing stuff,

[cmputer]

I just bought a Makita battery router and a Bosch sander thing, the hand held one with a cord.

[seananderson]

DeWalt makes "Pilot Point" drill bits which accomplishes a lot of what you're trying to do.

[foldionepapyrus]

I always love/hate these sort of videos from you - I do much the same sort of thing from time to time, but I really want the mathematical and mechanical precision and repeatable 'proper' machinists method by nature. It just feels so wrong to watch a job done this way, but as always can't argue with the results and really does show how easily you can make something good enough.

[matthewmeyle]

Most the hex shank bits are just stamped or glued on and come off with a little heat.

[Tom_Swift]

Matthias is the type of guy to spent 6 hours making jigs instead of buying the $3 part 😂

[tlange]

Thank you again Matthias for inspiring with out of the box thinking.
Trying to imitate that, would it be possible to turn the hex shank of the stubby bits down and use them this way?

[CarlosGlatzos]

Please make a jig for sharpening brad point drill bits :) Totally would buy.

[phil]

Probably easier to buy the short bradpoint bits with a hex shank then round the hex shank in your new metal lathe.

[piccilos]

Plans for a wooden d-bit grinder next week?

[tardigrades]

Every machine turns into a slot mortiser.

[Wobblybob]

Fun to watch, but you could just get a 1/4" Hexagonal ER collet.