Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain of the Tool Police Squares R I ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Garrett To: pianotech-request at ptg.org Sent: 10/20/2010 9:13:23 AM Subject: Re: Chisel Sharpening Epilogue Hmmmm? Sounds like so much horse hokey to me. My system is a 1325rpm grinding wheel, (each wheel..medium & fine grit is about $40 each) a 1" x 42" vertical sander and three stones, (a good Arkansas medium, 6" x 2 1/2"; a "v" slip and a German Razor Stone,[ceramic]), mounted in a long piece of teak. (Teak coexists with oils better than most other woods) The oil, I use, is Mineral Oil. No need for the fancy schmancy oils, either! If I can't sharpen a chisel in less than two minutes, then I've been hitting spikes and staples with them...which I seldom do!!!<G> All these fancy schmancy sharpening machines and technicques is pure horse hokey IMHO! BTW, I freehand everything! I believe I can teach anyone to hand sharpen, as long as they have two hands and reasonable intelligence. Of course, in a former life, I was a chef and grew up in the Restaurant industry.<G> Regards, Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain of the Tool Police Squares R I -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101020/313f19b5/attachment.htm>
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