[Woodcarver] Koch Sharpening

[Linehan718 at aol.com]

I do not have the full motorized system but I do use Koch wheels and  Koch 
paste.  I have tried a lot of other wheels, and quite honestly they  are the 
best I have ever used.  Nora Hall, the Master carver, originally  from holland 
and her company sells presharpened dastra tools and they  use the Koch wheels 
and paste exclusively.  I used to sell a lot of  videos for her and they gave me 
a couple of the wheels and the paste at a dirt  cheap price as a top sellers 
bonus and let me tell you, I would gladly pay 4 or  5 times the price without 
blinking. They are really that good.  The wheels  are made of a special 
compressed fiber. I haven't figured out what it is, its  not felt and its not 
fiberglass, but something in between. When you use the  wheels in combo with the 
paste, the paste liquefies on the tool and keeps it  from burning.  I use my 
home-built system to sharpen all of my students  tools and I have easily sharpened 
300-500 tools just in the last year and  there is really not much noticeable 
wear.  Let me also say that I use these  wheels on a regular grinder set up, 
turning at full speed and still have never  burnt a tool.  The wheels 
themselves are quite pricey at about $45 each and  if you want to save some dough, make 
your own system, put a long spindle on both  sides and put a red and blue on 
one side and a green and yellow on the other  side. Also throw a few cotton 
wheels on the ends. get the paste, dedicate on  wheel for straight edges, 
another for gouges, and leave the other two for honing  and the cotton wheels for 
polishing.  You will have to figure out the  colors and the different grits.  I 
use yellow and green.  I really  love it and don't think you'll be 
disappointed.
 
 
Maura
_www.Carvinginnyc.com_ (http://www.carvinginnyc.com/) 

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