Tool Rest for Grinders (hand or power)

Re: Tool Rest for Grinders (hand or power) *LINK*

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)


>Dan

Basically, the "best" system I know is ala Tormek - a steel bar held in the horizontal in front of the wheel.

Below is a link to the version I built for my Belt Sander Grinder Mk II.

Regards from Perth

Derek

ps FWW paid to publish Mk I (wooden version) about 18 months ago and have not yet done so. I have emailed them a few times to find out more - I never get a reply. I have avoided providing links to Mk II (below) in case it compromises their plans for Mk I - up till now, hence this post. Any comments?


Belt Sander Grinder Mk II

Re: Tool Rest for Grinders (hand or power)

Dan Clermont in Burnaby


>Very Nice Derek

Got any pics of it during use? I hope it someday gets published in FWW

Cheers

Dan Clermont

Re: Tool Rest for Grinders (hand or power)

thomd coralseacat@yahoo.au


>95% of the time I use Richard Raffan's tool rest which is two fingers plonked on any old post in front of the grinder. One stands to the side so as to see that the bevel is rubbing. The advantages to this method are: Easy to adapt to tools with different angles, like hand made chsiels with different face angles; easy to adapt to weird shaped tools for carving and turning; and it keeps you to the side where an exploding wheel probably won't get your face. Helps a person develop some freehand grinding chops which will help over the years.

Pictures of tool rest in action

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)


>Hi Dan

A couple of pictures in use.

The first is grinding a flat bevel:

The second is grinding a scrub plane blade:

Regards from Perth

Derek

Very nice Derek

Dan Clermont


>Simple yet effective!!

Thanks

Dan Clermont

I use the LV one,

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA


>But I can't recommend it. It has a sloppy fit between the guide and the base. Because both parts are made from alunimun the parts gaul something awful. It's not a fun experience to use.

Re: Tool Rest for Grinders (hand or power)

Stephen in Ottawa


>Dan,

I'd recommend the OneWay tool rest (http://www.oneway.ca/sharpening/grind_jig.htm). You can buy just a base and flat tool platform from Rob Cosman. It's a great tool rest, sturdy with a large steel platform. One thing though, you cannot adjust the height of the platform, only the angle. It isn't much of an issue for me so far.

- Stephen

Re: Tool Rest for Grinders (hand or power)

William Duffield, on the Cohansey


>I agree with Scott's and Stephen's recommendations. I have the LV, but prefer the Oneway Wolverine.

I don't think Stephen's comment that there is no height adjustment on the OneWay makes any real difference in practice, since it has full angular adjustment and full adjustment in distance from the wheel. Most any useful grind angle is therefore achievable, but the radial angle where the blade contacts the wheel might be a bit different than what you might be used to.

An additional advantage is, if you succumb to the turning bug, the very sturdy OneWay platform is the basis for some very useful jigs for sharpening turning gouges and skew chisels.

Hip action

jim reed @ tallahassee


>I made a jig exactly like your scrub plane jig, but found it easier to do them freehand. It takes just the right hip action.