You can certainly do it that way too. But I wouldn't go so far as to call the machines "horse hokey". They do work and the ones I mentioned work quite well. Whether one wants to spend that kind of money is another thing but then we spend considerable money on Tuning Machines when the ear will certainly do or countless thousands on computers when a slide rule should suffice. Welcome to the 21st century. Oh, and btw, you're welcome. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Garrett Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 11:20 AM To: pianotech Subject: [pianotech] FW: Re: Chisel Sharpening Epilogue Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain of the Tool Police Squares R I ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Garrett <mailto:joegarrett at earthlink.net> 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/20101020/8e9c2ae5/attachment.htm>
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