Sharpening tiny drills

[mklotz]

mklotz,

Your statement: "The top of the angle should be horizontal so a spacer the same height as the grind stone is used. (At my desk, my calculator was handy. In the shop, a block of aluminum is used.)" through me off. If you did it the way as explained and shown you would have a 90 degree point angle.
But, from what you are saying you can extend or retract the drill to accommodate a different point angle. This would therefore change the top of the angle from horizontal to something different. Am I visualizing that correctly?

Yes, you are correct. Now that I read what you quoted, I'm not sure why I wrote it; there's no real need for the angle to be horizontal.