Making A Wood Turning Chisel Sharpening Jig

The scraper is one of the easiest tools to sharpen the only technical part is the angle most literature suggests using a 70 degree angle.

Making a wood turning chisel sharpening jig. Now Ill change the grinding wheel sandpaper. Honing Guide and Angle Tool Set Chisel Sharpening Jig Knife Sharpener Angle Tool Kit for All Knives and Wood Chisels 18 to 1-78 Hand Planer Blades. This is a sharpening system that comes with everything you need to sharpen your turning tools.

After a bit of practice the sharpening becomes quick and easy. At Lathe Tools UK we have dedicated ourselves to making top quality sharpening jigs that are simple to use whilst giving you the uniform sharp bevel edge we all need time after. Ill use P240 which I think is enough to sharpen the chisels.

This way you can mount the tube either way around either side of the grinder. The long tubes should have 2 holes drilled in the top. See more ideas about lathe tools wood turning woodturning tools.

Mar 24 2017 - Explore Gioia Blixs board lathe tool sharpening jig on Pinterest. Chisels gouges bowl gouges spindle gouges carving tools woodturning scrapers parting tools block plane irons and more. I drilled the holes the next size or 2 up from 516 so the screws had some room and the there is some room for error in welding the nuts.

So once gain adjust the angle of your tool rest to where the angle will be around 70 degrees and start grinding. It can be a nightmare to try and sharpen wood turning chisels such as bowl spindle roughing gouges and you can easily ruin your expensive tools if your not careful. Ad Find Deals on Products in Power Tools on Amazon.

Now turn the grinder on and lower the tool onto the wheel. I forgot to take a picture of this step but you can see them in this picture as well. To get the angle you want the blade simply has to protrude a certain distance from the front edge of the honing guide.