Greg
Part of the problem may be the white wheel. I find they ear too quickly.
With a jig the fast wear is not necessary. It is designed for hand
sharpening HSS and carbon steel and to break away quickly so as to generate
little heat and leave a clean surface. I would rather use a longer wearing
stone and dreww it a little more often and a little less deeply snce I do
not need to remove the deep grooves and pits the white wheels seem prone to
getting.

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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS Canada
http://aroundthewoods.com
http://roundopinions.blogspot.com
"Greg G." wrote in message
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Darrell Feltmate said:

Greg
You have some nice stuff on the turning page. I use essentially the same
set
up for sharpening the Oland tool as you are using for the bowl gouge. If
you
shorten the leg on the holding jig a little and sharpen the tip to 45* it
should work well. There is a video about half way down this page. I use
this
with 1/8" Olands with no trouble.
http://www.aroundthewoods.com/sharpening06.html

Thanks again. I'm a beginner.
I forgot to mention that the bit I am referring to is 3/16".
The larger bits are no problem, but this tiny one wants to dig into
the wheel. It could be that it is a poor quality wheel and contains
voids that the bit catches in. I'll try it again, but the last time it
removed a small divot from the wheel.


Greg G.