[Woodcarver] Sharpening

[Ivan Whillock Studio]

Many carvers find hand sharpening laborious because they use a fine stone
throughout the process.  Using a coarse stone to shape the bevel, a medium
the clean up the coarse cuts, and a fine stone only for the final step
speeds things up greatly.
Ivan Whillock Studio
122 NE 1st Avenue
Faribault, MN 55021
Visit my website at
 http://www.whillock.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Dillett" <jdillett at thecarvingshop.com>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Sharpening


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> Hi Darrell,
>
> The ultimate sharpening system with reguard to what? Speed? Cost?
> Portability? Safety?
>
> I many respects a stone and leather strop is the ultimate for cost and
> portability and safety. The only thing you sacrafice is speed. Most people
> are looking for speed and that means a power system. For my power grinding
I
> use is a cheap 6-inch bench grinder with a soft vitrified 60 grit wheel
and
> a power buffer I made from an old wet grinder system I had laying around.
I
> think my system is the ultimate system for me. I thinking there has to be
> hundreds of ultimate systems both boughten and homemade.
>
> Joe Dillett
> The Carving Shop
> 645 E. LaSalle St. Suite 3
> Somonauk, IL. 60552
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> From: "Darrell & Catherine" <res744cn at verizon.net>
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> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 11:09 AM
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> Hi gang,
>
>     I will be buying a sharpening system this week or next. HELP PLEASE. I
> now sharpen with ceramic stones and hone with a hard felt wheel attached
to
> my hand drill and use the green compound. I normally only carve in my
small
> shop and never take the tools anywhere and I do have wooden floors, which
> will eliminate any chipping of the tools.
>     I have been looking at the Ultimate Sharpening system and the Ultimate
> Honing system, both are offered by Woodchips I believe. I do mainly a lot
of
> the larger type carvings as opposed to the smaller caricatures or pins.
> Please give me some input, my budget is only about $200 or so.
> Thanks so much,
> Darrell
>
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