Shop made sharpening jig plans
Hello, I am new to turning and have been lurking on the forum for a month or so. The amount on knowledge shared here is incredible, I encourage other lurkers to contribute as I did, a great bargain.
Can someone refer me to a thread or elsewhere for dimensioned plans or drawings for sharpening jigs that would imitate the "wolverine" type system. I've found some photos etc but nothing dimensioned.
I know I should just dig the $ out of my pocket but other tool-aholics will understand the logic I will explain to the LOML "Yes dear, I am buying a new lathe (Nova 1624?), Oneway scroll chuck, accessories and a pile of tools, but look, I saved $100 on the ship made jig". Makes perfect sense to me and probably to lots of you out there.
I can hear the vortex getting closer!
Dennis
Some more info on jigs and sharpening
Below is a link to a drawing and some resources that build on the ideas in Darell Feldmate's Around the Woods site. I prepared this for new turners in my club. All these ideas draw on David Ellsworth original drawings and jig. I use them every day. The one thing that has changed is the idea that the control arm should be set at 23 degrees to maintain an equal included angle between the flute and the bevel all the way around the sweep. This idea was published in the AAW Journal about a year ago, and has worked well for me. When the angle is not equal you end up with a grabby tool that behaves differently as you change the presentation.
http://docs.google.com/View?docID=ad...vision=_latest