You're welcome!
In my earlier e-mail I did not include anything on the Veritas Mark II Honing
Guide which I do not have and have not used. It seems to be a souped-up version
of the original Veritas sharpening system. The catalog lists the Mark II Honing
Guide as Item Number 05M09.01 and the description reads: The key to consistent
and fast honing is repeatability and this guide delivers it in spades. It will
set angles from 15 degrees to 54 degrees and a range of back bevels from 10
degrees to 20 degrees. It can easily accomodate chisels as narrow as 1/4 inch
and blades as wide as 2 7/8 inches and up to 1/2 inch thick. The
blade-registration jig slides onto the guide body, centering and squaring the
blade with an integral fence. The blade stop has discrete positions for preset
bevel angles. Features a three position eccentric roller, allowing you to hone
micro-bevels quickly and accurately with only a turn of a knob. Manufactured
from die-cast zinc alloy with precision machined brass and steel par
ts. For the user, this means quick, accurate sharpening and perfectly
repeatable results, reducing unnecessary stone and blade wear. End of
description.
The photo shows the blade regstration guide to be an aluminum plate about 2
inches wide and 6 inches long. A series of lines are marked across the face of
the plate indicating registration for various angles. There is a C-clamp type
stop along one edge which is the registration blade stop. It tightens with a
knurled knob and there are detents along the long edge for exact positioning of
the stop. This feature would be very useful to blind woodworkers although you
would have to know which angle corresponds to which detent. The registration
jig attaches to the guide body with a knurled knob.
There are two different scales for registration. A red scale is for high angles
of 25, 30, 35 40, 45, 50 and 54 degrees. A yellow scale is for standard angles
of 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 degrees. The red and yellow registration marks are
different. For instance, the red high angle line of 40 degrees coincides with
the yellow standard angle of 30 degrees. I do not know why there is this
difference and do not know their definition of high angles. This registration
guide seems to be much simpler to operate than the angle jig in the original
system.
The Mark II honing guide is an advanced version of the original honing guide
described in the earlier Veritas Sharpening System e-mail.
The micro-bevel sharpening echnique is amazing. There is a knob on the side of
the honing guide which can be pulled out slightly to turn it to a new position.
Honing is done with the knob mark in the up or 12 o'clock position. Say you are
honing at 25 degrees. When finished, turn the knob to the middle or 3 o'clock
position and you can quickly hone a 1 degree microbevel at 26 degrees. Next,
turn the knob to the down or 6 o'clock position and quickly hone an additional
1 degree microbevel at 27 degrees. It takes only a few strokes on the stone to
hone each microbevel. I think it's a fabulous technique. The honing of the
microbevels goes so quickly because you are honing such a very small angle and
removing just a tiny amount of steel.
--
Larry Martin
Woodworking for the Blind
--joining the world of blind wood workers
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From: Dan Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Larry,
>
> You rock! Thanks very much for this information.
>
>
> --
> Blue skies.
> Dan Rossi
> Carnegie Mellon University.
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> Tel: (412) 268-9081
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