A less expensive alternative is http://www.wapin.com/SurgiSharp_1.htm available from our good buddies at Wapin. It is a kit which uses a bench sander as its base, and provides for fine honing (600 grit belt) and stropping (leather belt with rouge). I got this recently and was amazed at how fast and how sharp I could get chisels, pocket knife, and blades for voicing harpsichord quills (I can peel the thinnest imaginable shaving of delrin with ease, that is if I have my magnifiers on so I can see well enough <G>). It's the stropping belt that really does it, puts that razor edge on fast and slick, though the sanding belt action on a chisel is far faster than a wheel and doesn't build up heat. (I still like to hollow grind a chisel as a starting point, but I stay farther from the point). And the bench sander is multi purpose. That WorkSharp looks pretty cool, too. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu On Aug 5, 2008, at 7:33 AM, Paul T Williams wrote: > > Hi List, > > I just found out about a great tool sharpening tool at www.worksharptools.com > Check it out! It would save hours sharpening chisels, etc. and > not too spendy. > > Paul > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080805/67562ff2/attachment.html
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