Setting the angle on grinder platform

[Don Frank]

Dittos on the robohippy platform. Pull a pin and move the platform in 5 degree increments . I love it.

[Brian Deakin]

Hi John
Thank you for your post
Sorry for the delay in replying I did have thoughts similar to the ones you make but was unsure how critical they were Please see the link

http://honoluluwoodturners.org/16_ti...g%20demyst.pdf It think this may be away forward

[Marc Sitkin]

I agree, the Stuart Batty system works very well for me to adjust a grinding platform.

I recently bought the Stuart Batty angle gauge and I like it a lot.
Trevor

[Trevor Mills]

Batty gauge is designed to give an accurate angle in relation to an 8 inch grinding wheel. I use it to freehand sharpen his 40/40 grind which I've been trying out.

[Thom Sturgill]

Here's my $0.02 - If you are using AO wheels which change size as they wear, then the Raptor or Batty gauge will give consistent results while the Wixey will not as it does not take wheel shrinkage into account. The change from one sharpening to the next will not be noticeable, but over then life of the wheel could be drastic.

OTOH, if you have moved to CBN wheels then the Wixey or Reed's platform is fine and gives consistent results. The consistency of the grind is far more important than the specific angle.

[Robert Willing]

This post is a little confusing. First you start out talking about the platform than you say the way forward is a jig to set the vari-grind jig.

[Robert Willing]

I think this video is IMHO is one of the better demonstration on sharpening. It is featured in one of the latest AAW news letters. http://thompsonlathetools.com/sharpening/ he also favors the robohippy "platform" set-up jig.