Hi charlie b, I don't know if the JoolTool will be the ultimate answer
to sharpening turning tools, but the concept is certainly innovative
and the inventor is said to be a woodturner. I wonder if she was the
attractive demonstrator.

I hope you aren't disappointed like I was as a twelve year old when I
bought a $1.00 wonder kitchen knife from a lady demonstrating them on
the street. I didn't know that those super thin slices were cut on
frozen tomatoes with a better knife.

At the moment, my main criticism is that I didn't think of it. Over the
years I had thought about ways to see thru faceplates etc. in the way we
can see the tool edge and judge wall thickness of a hollow form that has
holes in its side.

I'll be interested to see if your being able to see the surface being
ground freehand will take the place of jigs. Jigs are used in other
situations in which we can see the surface being dealt with.

Thanks for your interesting post. I look forward to your discussion and
evaluation of something different for a change.


Turn to Safety, Arch
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