How To Make A Grinding Jig
How To Make A Knife Edge Grinding Jig Simple CheapThis video will show you how to make a simple and cheap jig to grin your edge out on your knives.
How to make a grinding jig. 1 of 1 NOTE. The Cheapest Sharpening Tool RestJig - Shop-made Grinder Tool Rest Retired You can make a tool rest from scraps and a few bolts and wing nuts and use it to aid your sharpening chores hollow grind for chisels and plane irons for example or removing nicks on. Like the two sides two ends Pre-drilled 1364 to be tapped 14-20.
Because I used the bolts that came with the hinge the bolt end stuck out of the front of the plate. To set the hinge you need to use an hex key wrench to twist the side of the hinge and then insert the small pin when you have twisted as much as possible. Grinds Baltic Birch Ply 12 14 34 nom.
Metal angle bracket sturdy - 1x. Before you start grinding make sure you have the centre line or two lines close to centre that mark how thick the blade should be once it is ground scribed onto the cutting edge. Try to make parts that are the same at the same time attached together to make both pieces identical to have a straight jig.
Jig to grind bowl and spindle gougesdif. To grind the convex grind will take some basic math to thin of in advance and calculate the angles and thus the height setting of the bolt to make. 38 - 16 x 716 T-Nuts - 2pk.
The purpose of the chisel sharpening jig is to hold the chisel or woodworking tool at the desired angle while grinding or honing. I would have made an instructable out of it but I dont have any pictures of the process and its pretty easy to see how the thing goes together any way. Made of 12 plywood 1.
The metal widget with the springs is there just to make sure the work rest the piece of cherry with the c-clamp on top doesnt move around and change the distance of the knife to the wheel. 38 - 16 x 2 SS Socket Cap Screw - 1pk. These are the parts I bought for the project.