Tried this today and it works pretty steenkin good!
needed items:
Drill press, Dremel cutoff stone (1/32″ thick, 1″ diam.) and arbor, machinist vise, good light, good eyes
put the cutoff arbor and stone in your drill press and the bit in the machinist vise (horizontal). Let the bit stick out the side an inch or so from the edge of the vise. Set the drll press to medium speed. Position the bit in the vise so that the edge to be sharpened is vertical. Slowly run the stone up and down the edge using the handles on the drill press, observing a ‘close to proper’ edge angle. Turn the drill press on, of course!
This just rejuvinated about a dozen of mine up to 1″ in diam and down to 1/4″ in diam.
PlaneWood by Mike_in_Katy
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Mike, I am not sure what a cutoff stone is.Do you mean a cutoff wheel? I would like to try your method, just want to make sure I am using right wheel.
I bought the Dremel tool about 4 months ago. I had never used one before, I used to think of them as gadget tools.I love the Dremel now, I sharpen my bandsaw blades with the chainsaw grinding wheel, works great , blades are sharper than new. I got this idea from reading a book by Mark Duginske.
Mike K
Mike -
Yeah, cutoff wheel. Heavy duty cut-off wheel No. 420 is what I used.
I use my dremel every day for something. Find new things to do with it continously. Using the little wire brushes is nice for getting into small nooks and crannies for cleaning.
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