Otoe wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:34:39 GMT, "George" wrote:


Cheap. The reason I bought my Makita sharpener was because they wanted
fifty cents an inch (15 years ago) and I still had to clean up after the
sharpening on my honing stone.

In the interim I cut a saw kerf in a block of wood at the proper angle,
wedged the knives in it and raised it with thicknesses of paper and passed
it beneath a cone-shaped stone on my drillpress. Worked great, but the
Makita's better.


I'm having a hard time visualizing this sharpening mechanism. Is the
block of wood against a fence to keep equal distance while pushing
the blade across the stone? How is the angle adjusted to the stone
in the drillpress? The joiner blade sharpening angle is 38 degrees.

I believe he's saying saw the kerf in the block at the proper angle and
insert the knife into it to hold it. Then the edge runs against the
surface of the stone.

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