Sharpening - Page 18 of 22

Tune Up a Card Scraper
October 25, 2005

A couple of jigs take the guesswork out of sharpening this small but essential tool.
Adjustable Blade-Grinding Fixture
October 25, 2005

This grinding fixture is very flexible because its pivoting hardwood block lets you adjust the angle between the blade and grinding wheel, and it can handle a wide range of…
Grinder Tool-Rest Gauge Makes Setting Easy
October 25, 2005

When going from the coarse to the fine stone on my bench grinder, I always had trouble getting the tool rests at the same angle. The solution was to develop…
Jig for Sharpening Gouges
October 25, 2005

Put a perfect grind on your spindle and bowl gouges
Tool-Grinding Fixture for the Belt Sander
October 25, 2005

We developed the fixture above to take advantage of our belt sander as a wide-surface grinder. Because the sanding belt has much more surface area than an abrasive wheel, the…
Honing Guide Review
October 1, 2005

The FasTTrak honing guide is best used with the complete FasTTrak system.
Honing Guide 809
October 1, 2005

General's honing guide rolls smoothly and is easy to use.
Honing Guide
October 1, 2005

The Kell guide is very stable, even with narrow chisels, and allows you to lap the back of a blade while it’s clamped in place.
Sharpening Sled SS1
October 1, 2005

The SS1 is the most stable of the guides in the test group, and the adjustable alignment pin makes it easy to keep a blade square to the stone during clamping.
Single-Roller Guide
October 1, 2005

Sold under different brand names and from a variety of sources, this generic guide is easy to use.

Page 18 of 22 Previous

1
16
17
18
19
20
22

Next

UNLIMITED membership - Get access to it all

Start Free Trial Upgrade Membership

We hope you’ve enjoyed your free articles. To keep reading, become a member today.

Get complete site access to video workshops, digital plans library, online archive, and more, plus the print magazine.