Video
Episode 2: Sharpening Turning Tools
Mar 25, 2015
Videos in the Series
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Introduction: Woodturning Basics
March 25, 2015
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Episode 1: Woodturning Tools
March 25, 2015
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Episode 2: Sharpening Turning Tools
March 25, 2015
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Episode 3: Basic Bowl—Part I
March 25, 2015
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Episode 4: Basic Bowl—Part II
March 25, 2015
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Episode 5: Natural-Edge Bowl
March 25, 2015
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Episode 6: Lidded Box
March 25, 2015
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Episode 7: Memorial Urn—Part I
March 25, 2015
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Episode 8: Memorial Urn—Part II
March 25, 2015
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Episode 9: Heirloom Peppermill—Part I
March 25, 2015
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Episode 10: Pepper Mill—Part II
March 25, 2015
Comments
Hi. I just watched the episode on sharpening turning tools. Good video. But Mike says to use 45 degrees then he sets the grinder's rest at that angle and starts grinding. Doesn't the height of that rest in relation to the wheels center also matter-I believe it does. He doesn't mention the height of the rest and where that should be. Because you could set that rest at 45 degrees but where it is vertically in relation to the wheels radius would change things. Thoughts?
I agree with Pizza.
My coarse(r) wheel has been used for long enough that its diameter is no longer even close to the diameter of a fresh wheel. So when I set the rest at 45 degrees, the tool rode up high on the smaller wheel, resulting in grinding at a a very acute angle, less than 30 degrees at the point of contact with the wheel. Not just that it took forever, but it made for a very acute angle on the spindle gouge and in effect ruined its usefulness. That's repairable (replace the grinding wheel and start over).
The answer? I suppose measure the grind angle often on the tool itself.
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