Here is an adjustable bench-grinder tool rest that’s accurate, easy to use and cheap to build. Cut a 1-1/2-in. thick pine hinge-block at the angles shown and mount it to the base with screws from underneath. Cut down two Stanley 10-in. lid supports to make the table-adjusting hardware. Drill out the center rivets and replace with screws into the 1×1 hardwood block. Pin the 3/8-in. threaded rod in a mortise in the pine hinge-block. Now mount the plywood or Formica-covered, composition-board table as close to the grinding wheel as possible. Recess the hinge into the bottom of the table if necessary.

Mike Perrin, Knoxville, Tenn.

Fine Woodworking Magazine, August 1980 No. 23

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