[Woodcarver] 1" Belt Sharpening equipment query Pic 2

[WorkingInWood]

Gord,
The pics came through just fine.  The Denny system seems to be overkill for the job at hand. I don't think I like the way the tool handle sits in a cup.  With the handle perched on a pin I have great control of tool pressure and location on the belt.  I've never had a problem with short tools on my grinder since I don't have any palm tools with blades wider than 1" (do they exist?) and there is plenty of clearance for my 1-1/2" wide longer blades.  The jig I use is simple, quick and accurate to set at any bevel angle I want.  I did have one tiny little tool that I had to make an extended pin jig to grind but that was no problem.  I never power strop (a real quick way to round over a bevel) so the belt runs into the tool.
The Carvesharp looks interesting but I do most of my woodworking with hand tools and use the grinder on many blades other than just carving tools so I like the other jigs available from Viel.  As I mentioned before, sharpening anything from kitchen knives to scissors at accurate and repeatable bevel angles is very quick and easy.
Thanks for the photos Gord.


Larry Robertson

http://mycarvingclub.com/Larry_in_Harrow

--- On Fri, 9/19/08, gjpat at cyberbeach.net <gjpat at cyberbeach.net> wrote:
From: gjpat at cyberbeach.net <gjpat at cyberbeach.net>
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] 1" Belt Sharpening equipment query Pic 2
To: "WorkingInWood" <larry at workinginwood.net>
Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 5:46 PM

Hi Larry;

Here's the three other pics of the Denny tool holder jig mounted on a 
unit like yours.
One shows the jig up close mounted with a palm tool  positioned, 
another pic shows how the jig is actually mounted to the unit using 
the slot provided to mount the platform your unit comes with.
The last pic shows how a extra piece of shaped metal is attached to 
the platten so the belt runs out farther from the original platten 
position and brings the belt surface out so there is a clear space 
on  the left hand side of the belt on the lower portion of the platten.
As I suggested previously any tool over 1" wide couldn't be 
sharpened  down that low on the platten, maybe this is not a real 
problem for some people but it must have been to some individuals , 
me included otherwise the modification wouldn't have been made.(G)

Again I don't think any of these should be posted on web sites, just 
for personal use only.

Please let me know if they all arrive ok and hopefully you will have 
some comments.

Thanks again for your help.

Gord.
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