Originally Posted by
Mike Holbrook
One more question for all you grinders out there. I have put a fair amount of time into researching various jigs, especially Tormek's jigs. These jigs typically work on the base, shelf/metal rod. It seems like many of these jigs are specific to turning tools and have a very limited applicability to the more basic wood working tools. The Veritas rest has a slot for a sliding chisel/plane blade jig that I think I would use. I also have a similar jig on my Tormek. Unfortunately it seems that other than a solid shelf there is not much out there that will help with most of the tools I sharpen. Tormek has an axe jig, but I am not sure it will serve better than a large solid shelf. The same may be true of sharpening drawknives. Tormek makes a knife jig that helps some with sharpening them but I am not sure a large shelf would not serve better.
I have two CBN wheels with rounded edges. One wheel even has abrasive on the side of the wheel. I am wondering if a simpler larger shelf that wraps around the side of the wheel might actually be more helpful than some collection of more specifically designed jigs?