| Review by Andrew | posted 22 days ago | 649 views | 0 times favorited | 6 comments | ![]() |
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- shop made honing machine
- Brand: shop made | Category: Sharpening Accessories

I was communicating in a project from dbhost about this honing machine so I thought I would share it here. I got this motor (1/2 hp 1750rpm) from Metal Mike, a nieghbor, same guy who traded a working drll press for a broken band saw. I took 2 peices of MDF and glued them together, roughed a circle, about 10” diameter, then mounted it on my lathe. I turned it into a perfect circle, lathes are good at that. I then purchased a work arbor from woodcraft, I think $14. Mounted the MDF circle to the arbor and then charged it with white buffing compound. The wheel turns up and away from me, which is opposite from a grinder, but this is good for honing. I don’t have a tool rest so I have to freehand the tools, seems to work pretty good anyway. I am showing a menards Tool Shop chisel in the picture. I simply turn it on and hold the edge up to it so that the back of the edge is also against the wheel. When the “black mud” starts to roll over the top of the edge, it is sharp, very sharp and has a mirror finish. I use this to hone my Chefs Knives ( I can drop a tomato on it and have 2 peices) turning tools, chisels, planes irons, you name it.
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6 comments so far
a1Jim
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posted 22 days ago
Inexpensive but effective well done Andrew
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
Scott Bryan
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posted 22 days ago
Andrew that is pretty neat. Thanks for the tip.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
dustygirl
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posted 22 days ago
Nice job.Looks to work quite effectively.
-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?
lew
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posted 22 days ago
Cool!
If you make another one, you can go to the “Goodwill Store”, buy a leather belt for $1, contact cement the belt- fuzzy side out- to the perimeter of the circle. The leather is a little “softer” than the MDF and it loads up with compound a little better.
Jim Bertelson
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posted 22 days ago
Thats’s another one for the “making tools is better than buying tools” crowd. Looks really neat.
-- Jim, Anchorage Alaska
Berg
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posted 21 days ago
I like it. This is on my list. And lew, thanks for the leather belt idea. Have you done that? I’m a little concerned about the belt flying off.
-- Berg, Central NH & Gulfport, FL - "It's raining...what a beautiful day to puddle jump" 3y/o Devlyn