chears for your help dale ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] sharpening tools
Probably the very best way is with a pond of variously graded water stones and a couple of hones, fine oil stones and maybe a diamond hone. As you gain skill you may want one or mor of those bevel jigs to guide the blade while grinding and later honing a very fine edge. There is the Scary system (spelling uncertain) which uses sand paper stuck to very flat surfaces like plate glass, this is pretty cheap and can grind a well formed edge. Finally I am very impressed with what I have seen in the new generation of slow speed wet grinders. Tormek was probably the first and remains the most expensive but now Delta and Jet have similar units quite a bit cheaper and arguably as good and maybe better. These have a 2 inch wide grinding wheel which turns relatively slowly in a bath of water and which can be finished to grind quite aggressively or finished for a much finer grind and on the other side is a leather wheel which is used with honing compound for a really rather wonderful finish. There is quite a bit of learning with these too, a number of jigs and fixtures for holding various blades from chisels to plane blades or jointer knives and even specially shaped turning chisels. A collection of decent stones gets pretty expensive and so does the Tormek, even the Jet is about three hundred dollars US for the basic unit and so far I haven't found a Canadian supplier for it. Lee Valley has quite a collection of water stones, probably not the cheapest place to buy but the quality is high, you will have good suppliers up in Newcastle, a specialty shop I am sure and probably not all that cheap. The methods using sand paper are cheap and apparently quite efficient but both are hand grinding and will take some patience if you have to remove any amount of steel for removing any nicks. The high speed grinders not only spray sparks which pose a fire hazard particularly for the blind although of the fires I am aware of, none were caused by a blind person, the heat can easily destroy the temper and soften the tool steel. you need to quench frequently and that makes relocating the tool on the rest a bit more challenging. I can look for more information on the "scary" system, I know that Larry is familiar with it and of course we have Rae who is becoming expert in the research department, maybe there already is something up there on the Site on it I haven't been there for a while. Hope this helps. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "carl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 9:43 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] sharpening tools > what is the best way to sharpen tools i don't think i'd feal safe with a > dry grinderr thay run to fast? > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype carlf16 msn > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or .com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! 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