[CAUT] Work Sharp

[Paul T Williams]

I have a really good bench sander with wheel and belt.  I just want to 
retire this 40+ year-old bench grinder that spins waaaay too fast.

pw




Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> 
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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 


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