[Woodcarver] Tool Sharpening

[gjpat at cyberbeach.net]

Not Steve , but check out Lee Valley at http://www.leevalley.com/home.aspx
They carry a 42 " x 1" leather belt.

Gordon Paterson
Dowling, Ont.Can.

At 01:14 PM 12/7/2005 -0700, you wrote:


>Steve;

>Where do you get the Leather strop for your belt sander?

>  I have a old Rockwell 42 inch long one inch wide belt sander that I 

> would like to use for a strop but can't find a belt.

>Thanks for any help.

>Dave

>

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>Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:48:59 -0500

>From: Steve Nordhauser <<mailto:snordha1 at nycap.rr.com>snordha1 at nycap.rr.com>

>Subject: [Woodcarver] Re: Tool sharpening - was "tool condition"

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>M&P,

>The flexcuts that I have are all wings forward, with the amount of

>forward depending on the sweep - shallower sweeps are almost flat.  One

>of the flexcut advantages is that they always come honed - good for new

>carvers since poorly sharpened tools will kill any amount of

>enthusiasm.  You definitely need to learn to sharpen.  Your first tool

>purchase should include a strop or make one.  Even honed tools need to

>hit the strop often to avoid more serious resharpening.

>

>If you can, go to a carving show.  The vendors will sometimes let you

>try a few different types of tools.  You may find handles a poor fit for

>your hand or not like the finish.  I love my Helvie knives but others

>think they are too smooth for a good grip.  At $30+ per knife you want

>to be sure.  They are worth it - I spend hours communing with them so

>only pennies per hour difference from a knife I don't like.  Or, if

>there is a club nearby, you will find a pile of encouragement for

>newbies.  Books and videos are nice, but a hands-on demo and critque of

>the results for sharpening is important.  I thought my first attempts at

>sharpening were 'good enough'.  Now I can do much better with a leather

>power strop in my belt sander in 5 seconds or less.

>Steve

>

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