Old drill bits; What to do?

[dngrmse]

I have acquired a large amount of old drill bits, mostly from toolboxes and such that I buy at garage sales and stuff. I'm not going to use them, I have newer sets at my disposal. Is there a market for these, or do I just toss them? What do you guys do with them?

 

[NJ Marty]

The bit brace drill bits have some value. I usually get a nice lot of them together and unload them. These were not mine but Something like this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Lot...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[JZiggy]

Regular twist drill bits can be resharpened. I have a basic Drill Doctor that takes care of these easily. Feel free to send some my way and I'll sharpen them and put them into service

 

[dngrmse]

The bit brace drill bits have some value. I usually get a nice lot of them together and unload them. These were not mine but Something like this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Lot...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Don't really have any of those, just regular ones.

Regular twist drill bits can be resharpened. I have a basic Drill Doctor that takes care of these easily. Feel free to send some my way and I'll sharpen them and put them into service

Sure, I can send some your way. PM me your address- Ill see what I can put together, might take a day or two.

 

[ssdave]

I ended up with hundreds or maybe even thousands of them doing the same thing; picking through tool boxes I bought. Eventually I decided I had so many I would never resharpen and reuse them. So, I sorted out the best and sharpest to keep as spares, and divided the rest into lots of 100 or so, and sold them on ebay for somebody else to resharpen and use. I can ship them in a flat rate box for $6 or $12 depending on how many. They sold pretty well, and are out of my way now.

 

[zkling]

BTDT, sort them out. First strip out all the broken and heavily turned shank ends ,where the lettering has been removed from slipping. Those have very little if not no value.

Extra drill bits, especially ones you didn't pay top dollar for, are nice to keep around for those odball jobs where you might want to chop one for clearance issues or change the cutting angle for different materials.

 

[bonneyman]

You can always fill a drill index with bits too dull to do holes and use them for determining hole sizes. Easy way to figure out what size pin or shaft you need for a project..