I feel a bit responsible for him having the name, it goes back a long way init?
Anyow some looney posted a flick about sharpening carbide bits on the lathe with a jig and I took the ump about how dangerous his practice is.
So bad i don't gonna link to it, only a total doombrain would screw a carbide tip into a chunk o wood and start spinning it with his fingers so close to the thin bit.
I realise that there are some people who can't resist making jigs and actually need them otherwise they can't function, simples init?
I also understand that some people just can't hold a piece of metal against a stone without waving all over the shop.
This one is for you Bob, as I know you are gonna replicate what you saw on here init? This is my safer version of it.
Everyone has at least one of these or can hammer one from an old Jacobs chuck.
Drill a hole at the end and tap it, add a flexible (fibre / rubber washer or other flexible material) to take the deviation if any and screw your blade to it, I used a 4.2 drill bit and a M5 tap for this one.
Bung it in the tailstock.
In the spiny bit goes your collet chuck with a stone / diamond disc or other media to sharpen the blade.
I used a dremmel type grindstone only for the sake of the pics, you use what you need to do the job.
Start the spinner and offer the quilll to the grinding media, the blade stays still and the rotating action of the spiny bit does the rest for you init?
Safer prettier and more reliable than the method previously shown init?
Anyow some looney posted a flick about sharpening carbide bits on the lathe with a jig and I took the ump about how dangerous his practice is.
So bad i don't gonna link to it, only a total doombrain would screw a carbide tip into a chunk o wood and start spinning it with his fingers so close to the thin bit.
I realise that there are some people who can't resist making jigs and actually need them otherwise they can't function, simples init?
I also understand that some people just can't hold a piece of metal against a stone without waving all over the shop.
This one is for you Bob, as I know you are gonna replicate what you saw on here init? This is my safer version of it.
Everyone has at least one of these or can hammer one from an old Jacobs chuck.
Drill a hole at the end and tap it, add a flexible (fibre / rubber washer or other flexible material) to take the deviation if any and screw your blade to it, I used a 4.2 drill bit and a M5 tap for this one.
Bung it in the tailstock.
In the spiny bit goes your collet chuck with a stone / diamond disc or other media to sharpen the blade.
I used a dremmel type grindstone only for the sake of the pics, you use what you need to do the job.
Start the spinner and offer the quilll to the grinding media, the blade stays still and the rotating action of the spiny bit does the rest for you init?
Safer prettier and more reliable than the method previously shown init?