I saw the Deulen sharpening jig a while ago and was really taken by its simplicity. When I came upon this post I knew I had to make one. Thanks to Woodshaver and the drawing he includes in his post it was a snap. The only thing i would add to his instructions is to drill the pilot holes for the screws before you cut the beveled slots for the blades. I did this out of order and had a bit of cleaning up to do in the grooves due to tearout from the drill bit. I may have gone a bit overboard with the screw holes, but I figure this gives me a bit more flexibility and saves me from having to make two of these for my 13” planer and my 6” jointer. For finish I put on a few coats of Waterlox. Not much else to say except don’t put this one off, go make one for yourself. Thanks for looking.
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TopamaxSurvivor
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#1 posted 128 days ago
Looks good, hope it works.
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#2 posted 128 days ago
It’s nice to see you decided to make one using my pattern. At first look I thought it was my jig! LOL!
It looks great! And they work so well. I just used my jig the other day to sharpen my Surface planer blades.
Always keep them sharp!
Nice Job,
Tony
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a1Jim
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#3 posted 128 days ago
Good job.
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tomd
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#4 posted 128 days ago
Very nice jig, thanks for sharing. I think I’ll try one.
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#5 posted 128 days ago
I have 3 sets of extra blades lyimg around for my Dewalt planer. I might have to give this a try.
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Sergio
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#6 posted 128 days ago
This is a clever Idea, I missed Wooshaver´s post
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Kevin
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#7 posted 128 days ago
Looks real good. I started making one a while back, its almost done just need to tap the screw holes and put a finish on it. Thanks for posting and thanks to woodshaver for the original post also.
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#8 posted 128 days ago
Very nice job. Thanks for posting
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#9 posted 127 days ago
Thanks for all the nice comments. It must have been a pretty slow day on Lumberjocks for a copycat to make it into the top three. I am sure the jig works great, but I will put up another comment here with some action shots of my jointer knives getting sharpened.
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#10 posted 127 days ago
Congratulations on your Daily Top 3! Copy or not you made it and You earned it! Great job!
Come to think of it I copied it too! Thank you Mr. Deulen.
Tony
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