Sharpening Kelton Hollowers

Re: Sharpening Kelton Hollowers

tdaniel

>I use a diamond file and only file the ends with an upward motion. I use medium grit.

TD

Re: Sharpening Kelton Hollowers

Dick Hines

>I also use a diamond file but after lost of hard use I will use a sanding disk. I have one of those sanders with a disk and a belt. I just set th table on the disk at the same angle as the hollower and "VERY LIGHTLY" sand the tips with 120 grit.

Remember "VERY LIGHTLY"

Re: Sharpening Kelton Hollowers

ken chase

>My Keltons haven't arrived yet but it seems to me

I should be able to sharpen on my Tormek.

Am I right to make that assumption?

Thanks

Re: Sharpening Kelton Hollowers

Stuart Johnson

>This question just came up over on the Tormek user group. The short answer is nobody had an answer. Jeff Ferris wasn't able to give an answer.

I use a diamond card.

Re: Sharpening Kelton Hollowers

Greg Jensen

>Use a slip stone or Hard Arkansas stone. Medium grit will work best. If you use a Diamond you will need to use the course grit. Course diamond is 220 grit which is a little to fine to raise a good bur. Swipe upward on the front bevel of the tool. Do not sharpen the top of the tip because you will wear away the hard face.

Re: Sharpening Kelton Hollowers

Lyn J. Mangiameli

>The answer is no. At least not unless you want to greatly reduce the life of the wheel by forming it to match the curves of the Kelton or wear off an edge. Just use the Diamond File or Slipstone (my prefered) techniques described elsewhere.

Re: Sharpening Kelton Hollowers *LINK*

Lyn J. Mangiameli

>I use a technique quite similar to the one Greg Jensen describes above (likely because I learned it from him). I have also used diamond files and a 1 inch vertical belt sander with a rounded platten. All work but the Slipstone is more elegant and what I have found to be the most effective (and I use the Kelton Hollowers a lot).

I've an article that I did for More Woodturning on using and sharpening the Kelton Hollowers that can be obtained in pdf format at the link below


http://www.fholder.com/Woodturning/lyn.html)

Re: Sharpening Kelton Hollowers

ken chase

>At the risk of appearing really stupid I have to ask

Is a slipstone the same as a carborundum stone?

I have one 4"X13/4" with two sides. One fine and the other course. Will this do?

Thanks

Re: Sharpening Kelton Hollowers

Steve Worcester

>I took a short class from Stephen D. Russell a (long) while back. The first thing I did was to reshape the cutters into fish tales. A point on both sides and a indent (U) in the middle. Helped immensely. After that you can redress with a small 1/2 round diamond file.

Steve Worcester

www.turningwood.com

Re: Hollowers or Coring Knives?

Lyn J. Mangiameli

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Re: Sharpening Kelton Hollowers *LINK*

Lyn J. Mangiameli

>A slipstone refers to a shape, and my be made of any of several different materials. I have waterstones, ceramic stones, and traditional oil stones in the slipstone shape. They are usually fairly small, but when looked at from the end they have an elongated teardrop shape. Some of my favorite slipstones (which are the ones I referred to in my Kelton Hollower article) are the two sizes of Henry Taylor oil slipstones that can be purchased at Craft Supplies.

Packard and Lee Valley and others handle other styles as well, though I'd stay away from the waterstone versions for this purpose.


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