Never had any success sharpening tools on stones, so for years now I
have been using a belt sander held inverted in a vice.

Works great. Quick, easy and followed by a light touch up on fine
grit paper, chisels and plane blades are ready to go.

Never a problem.

Until last night.

Grinding a cutting iron from an old plane that I had picked up at
auction. It had been very poorly sharpened by its previous owner.
Needed a considerable amount of work.

Heavy grinding = sparks. Sparks + dust inside sander = smoke.
Where there's smoke, ....... there's a damn fool frantically
disassembling his sander and cleaning out smouldering sawdust,
hoping it won't suddenly burst into flames.

Perhaps it's time to go and buy the correct tool for the job : )

"DiggerOp" wrote in message
Perhaps it's time to go and buy the correct tool for the job : )

Mechanical sanding seems to be your thing? Here you go.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...35&cat=1,43072

"Upscale" wrote in message
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"DiggerOp" wrote in message
Perhaps it's time to go and buy the correct tool for the job
: )

Mechanical sanding seems to be your thing? Here you go.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...35&cat=1,43072


That's the style of thing, only this appeals more .....

http://www.shearingworld.com/supershear/grinder.htm

On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:30:24 +0900, "DiggerOp" wrote:

Try holding it with the side of the vise, in an upright position, like a belt
grinder?

Never had any success sharpening tools on stones, so for years now I
have been using a belt sander held inverted in a vice.

Works great. Quick, easy and followed by a light touch up on fine
grit paper, chisels and plane blades are ready to go.

Never a problem.

Until last night.

Grinding a cutting iron from an old plane that I had picked up at
auction. It had been very poorly sharpened by its previous owner.
Needed a considerable amount of work.

Heavy grinding = sparks. Sparks + dust inside sander = smoke.
Where there's smoke, ....... there's a damn fool frantically
disassembling his sander and cleaning out smouldering sawdust,
hoping it won't suddenly burst into flames.

Perhaps it's time to go and buy the correct tool for the job : )







mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

DiggerOp wrote:
Never had any success sharpening tools on stones, so for years now I
have been using a belt sander held inverted in a vice.

Works great. Quick, easy and followed by a light touch up on fine
grit paper, chisels and plane blades are ready to go.

Never a problem.

Until last night.

Grinding a cutting iron from an old plane that I had picked up at
auction. It had been very poorly sharpened by its previous owner.
Needed a considerable amount of work.

Heavy grinding = sparks. Sparks + dust inside sander = smoke.
Where there's smoke, ....... there's a damn fool frantically
disassembling his sander and cleaning out smouldering sawdust,
hoping it won't suddenly burst into flames.

Perhaps it's time to go and buy the correct tool for the job : )

Yep! Buy a 1 x 42 belt sander and use it only for sharpening. Get the
blue zirconia
belts from Lee Valley as they are designed for sharpening metal and
last a long time. This is what I've used for several years for
sharpening turning tools and they require a lot of sharpening.



--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

A man is not complete until he is
married, and then he's finished.

On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:43:02 -0500, Gerald Ross wrote:

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Yep! Buy a 1 x 42 belt sander and use it only for sharpening. Get the
blue zirconia
belts from Lee Valley as they are designed for sharpening metal and
last a long time. This is what I've used for several years for
sharpening turning tools and they require a lot of sharpening.

Yep.. I use my wife's 20 year old Foley with a 240 grit belt..
Love to have room for a 2nd one with maybe 100 grit..

I don't use it for gouges anymore, but it's always set up with a scraper jig on
it..
I set the table to reverse the bevel on the scraper and run 'em through upside
down.. Real nice burr that way.. YMWV


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Gerald Ross schreef:
DiggerOp wrote:
Never had any success sharpening tools on stones, so for years now I
have been using a belt sander held inverted in a vice.

Works great. Quick, easy and followed by a light touch up on fine grit
paper, chisels and plane blades are ready to go.

Never a problem.

Until last night.

Grinding a cutting iron from an old plane that I had picked up at
auction. It had been very poorly sharpened by its previous owner.
Needed a considerable amount of work.

Heavy grinding = sparks. Sparks + dust inside sander = smoke.
Where there's smoke, ....... there's a damn fool frantically
disassembling his sander and cleaning out smouldering sawdust, hoping
it won't suddenly burst into flames.

Perhaps it's time to go and buy the correct tool for the job : )

Yep! Buy a 1 x 42 belt sander and use it only for sharpening. Get the
blue zirconia
belts from Lee Valley as they are designed for sharpening metal and last
a long time. This is what I've used for several years for sharpening
turning tools and they require a lot of sharpening.



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