worksharp tool sharpener - first impressions segment 2

Good one, Bob. I’ll start on mine as soon as I can get to town. Now, where did you get the blade holding jig?

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Bob. I assume that the rotation of the disk is anti-clockwise. Have you thought about placing a stop/square on the right side of the jig, rather than relying upon a penciled line – this would allow the plane blade to register in the same place every time, thus eliminating one more variable in the set-up and make for more repeatable sharpening and Honing.

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Thom:
I thought these were common stock. Maybe not. If you are stuck I will toss one in the mail to you.

Tony, I’m not sure what you mean by penciled line? The jig rests on the adjustable tool bar and now can only slide back and forth on the bar. I am hoping that will eliminate wobbles in the plane angles.
Take another look at my last pic wher you cansee the tool bar (black) sitting in the groove in the jig.(yellow)

Bob

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Bob, I think Tony means getting the blade square in the jig for clamping. It’s a good work around for wider irons. Nice job!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Bob. It is the interface between the Blade/Iron being sharpened and the Jig. At the moment you line up the side of the iron with a mark scribed on the jig face. Replace that scribed line with a fixed surface, which would allow the iron to be set square (or at least set precisely to the same angle) every time to mount the Blade/Iron (repeatability).

This would remove one of the possible errors that could occur when resharpening. Errors are possible in the X, Y & Z axis

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Ah yes! Tony I get you now.
I’m going to do that soon as I get the rotational angle coplanar with the surface of the grinding disk.
The tricky part is to get the tool rest parallel with the disk surface them mount the jig so it lays the blade down parallel too.
That should allow me to place a squaring block on the jig face where the black line is now.
I would like that part to be adjustable for width but I haven’t figured out a simple way yet.

Any thoughts gratefully recieved.

Cheers
Bob

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Nice improvement design.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Nice work-around Bob!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Great idea Bob – thanks for sharing it. I am going to start looking for a cheap guide and make one for my Work Sharp. By the way – have any of you guys with a Work Sharp tried sharpening any lathe tools with yours yet? Just curious how well it would work.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Cajunpenwrote:”have any of you guys with a Work Sharp tried sharpening any lathe tools”

I gave it try the day I opened the box and it works quite well with the ventilated disk and papers.
I will need a couple more discs for various grits however.
P.s. in this procedure, with curved tools including carvers, you sharpen from the bottom and can see the edge thruogh the rotating disk.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

I saw the Video Demo showing this “transparent” window for sharpening underneath – it looked pretty cool idea, but I am going to stick with my Tormek 2000 for the time being. Good luck with fine tuning of the Worksharp.

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Hi Tony:
There is a German company selling a see through diamond disk mounts on your electri drill.
It too looks like it would work for roughing at least.

bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Ouch on the Price – even with a favorable ER that is an expensive disk.

-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)

Hi Tony:
There is something about that German economy that makes the retail pricing abnormally high.
I admit that some or the products deserve a better price but it does not hold true for all of them

Cheers
Bob

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I’m going to have to make one of these Bob. Great addition to the WS. I already have the Wixey angle guage.

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Bob
I stumbled across this site and your fix doing a google search and like what you came up with. Can you tell me where you got the handheld jig or who sells them? I dont think I’ve seen that one before. It looks like it would take blades wider than any of the one’s I’ve got or seen. I’m looking for something that can hold the blades for my LV scraper which is 2-7/8”.

Thanks
Doug

-- Use the fence Luke

Hi Doug:
The one I used came from Busybee tools here in Canada.
You could probably make one with a couple pieces of aluminum and a chunk of hdpe.

Bob

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Crud. At the current exchange rates that should only cost me about $9K and change. Looks like it only goes to 2-5/8” anyway. I think I’ll have to bite the bullet and make something just to get the width anyway. Like you, time is not my best friend. Thanks.

-- Use the fence Luke

Doug m’boy, the exchange rates are virtually even now so your eagles are even with our loonies.
Back to holding your tools on the worksharp.
Because it’s only 6”wheel you are pretty much restricted to the radius of the wheel for sharpening blades anyway. Lee Valley has a larger wheel (8”) but you pay more for the privlege.
I am quite sure you can make something there for about 10 eagles if you are handy.

Bob

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