Jigs #1: Sharpening Machine / Jig part 1

Very nice. Now if I only had a drill press.

-- Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens. -Jung

Hm.. could just be me but I’m trying to figure out what this is. I know it’s a sharpening machine but like nothing I’ve seen. Can you describe what the disks, cams, rods etc. do? I can’t figure out how you’d sharpen with it. Sandpaper on the spinning disks? What’s the rod do? I’m a bit clueless here.

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I also like to make jigs. This is very well done. Your box joint jig is also impressive.

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@ Craftsman on the lake

Yes, I need to add some different grits of sandpaper to the spinning disks. I made several disks (8 in total) for multiple sandpaper grits; the horizontal rod is where you will rest the chisel, blade etc with the clamp block. The vertical rod will get engaged on the drill press and transfer the spinning motion to the disks. I’ll try to make a simple sketch to make this easier to understand.

Thanks

-- Norwalk, CA 90650

interesting idea. i may be missing it – is there a fixture to hold the workpiece at a fixed and reproducible angle?

AaronK

Yes, there’s is a clamp block to hold the workpiece on the angle desired. I will post more pics once I apply some finish to jig.

-- Norwalk, CA 90650

cool, thanks!

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very cool idea and execution! impressive.

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I think this was in a recent Shop notes good Job

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Bought every magazine on woooworking I could find while on vacation in Oregon in early September. Included the Shopnotes with this project in it.

I looked at that article closely, just out of curiosity. They said it was easy to make. I chuckled. I was not interested in making it, just interested in how they did it. It seemed about as simple as…....my switch for my table saw project (-: (see my blog) The advantage, they did tell you how to make it, no design required. But the resulting jig looked very usable and practical. Be sure to give us the lowdown on how it works out.

-- Jim, Anchorage Alaska

I had added some sketches I just made, it may help you understand how this works

a1Jim Yes this was on shopnotes # 107

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-- Norwalk, CA 90650

I have the Shop Notes issue with this jig. It looks like a great jig and you are doing a great job building it. We woodworkers love stuff like this, but I’m sticking to my diamond stone and quick hand sharpening technique. I just can’t see myself setting this big jig on the drillpress every time I want to sharpen a chisel. I’m too old and I don’t want to use whatever time I have left with all the bother. Besides, I get a great edge in about 1 or 2 minutes depending on how dull with my simplest way of sharpening. I apologize for being so negative about the really nice work you are doing on this sharpener, but I think these contraptions are leading woodworkers in the wrong direction. I honestly believe you will find it so inconvenient that in the end you will hardly or never actually use it. I do think that it would be great to sharpen a lot of tools at the same time, then it would be worthwhile, but usually this is not the case in a woodworking shop. I hope you don’t hate me for my honest opinion on this. I also hope the sharpener delivers what you expect from it.

-- Mike, American in Norway