Carving Sharpener Version 2

Sweet. Nice setup.

-- Mike, Missouri --- “A positive life can not happen with a negative mind.” ---

sweet

-- www.carvingandturningsbyrick.com, Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

really cool, clever and simple.
Best thoughts,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

Nice—might have to make one!

-- I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was.

It looks like it gets them real sharp like. You must have got your thumb, looking at the last pic! ;)

-- Hand Crafted by Brett Peterson John 3:16 http://www.TheCrookedNail.blogspot.com

Nice Mike,none of those high dollar sharpening systems for you. I bet this works just as well as the those expensive models.

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No bandaid….wearing my thumbguard even when I test my tools on scrap wood! It does work great, but for me, this is an expensive model! Wouldn’t have been too bad, but I sprung for a better motor!

-- Mike P., Arkansas, http://mpounders1.blogspot.com

Very nice set up : )

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

Sweet job but I think you would have done better to make the wheels at least 1 1/2” wide. Much easier to sharpen on a wider surface! (Not too late!)

-- Erwin, Jacksonville, FL

fine job…nothing like homemade tools.

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Nice job. These power honers seem to be the ticket to easy honing. I’d like to try one some time.

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I’m jealous. I need one of those units there. Great design – i really like it. I wonder if one could go with a smaller motor as far as torque necessities are concerned? I suppose with the shaft supported inside those bearing housings and no more than it weighs this is not a big issue.

What is the formula for determing rpms at an individual pulley when working with the pulley size on the motor shaft?

thanks, Chris

-- Chris Harrell - custom callmaker "Quacky Calls" Eastern NC. http://www.quackycalls.com

Nice work Mike. Where did you get the bearings ?

flint

-- If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. - Albert Einstein

My older honer had a wider wheel, so I may make it wider. I chose 1” wide because I could get the abrasive belts in that size and most of my tools are smaller than an inch wide. I used bronze bearings that I already had, but you can get them or ball bearings and all the hardware needed at Old Texas Woodcarvers. I have bought a lot of stuff from these guys. I have used a smaller motor before and 1/2hp is probably a little over-kill. I calculate rpms from the size ratio of the pulleys. The drive pulley on the motor shaft is always going to turn the same speed as the motor, 1725 rpms. I use a 1” pulley on the motor, so a 1” pulley on the main shaft would also turn at 1725. If I make that pulley 2”, the drive wheel has to make 2 revolutions to turn the new pulley one time, effectively reducing the speed in half. I used a 6” pulley on the main shaft, so dividing 1725 by 6, gives a speed of approximately 285 rpms. Close enough for my purposes, since my main goal is simply to get it to turn slower rather reaching a specific number.

-- Mike P., Arkansas, http://mpounders1.blogspot.com

You have given me some good ideas. I need to dig through my extra parts pile and see what I can come up with

Thanks

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