what grit, is there and ultra fine?
On Sat, 25 Oct 2008, Larry Stansifer wrote: > Bob, > That is what I have been using all along, just thought there might be > something faster and easier. If I want it pretty I can mound a craytex wheel > on my bench grinder for a final polish. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 5:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Wood Sharp WS3000 > > > It's not going to do well for knives. Something much less expensive and > very effective for sharpening a knife is a bench top belt sander. They are > anywhere from 40 to 100 dollars and the length of the belt keeps heat build > up at a minimum and the belt won't become rounded off like a grinding wheel. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Larry Stansifer > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 5:58 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Wood Sharp WS3000 > > > Dale, > > In your opinion, Could something like the ws-3000 be used to sharpen > knives? > > TNX > > Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Dale Leavens > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 3:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Wood Sharp WS3000 > > I have one and I love it. It works very easily for sharpening chisels with > a > precise angle setting guide. You slide the chisel flat side down up a sort > of shoot and the bevel edge comes in contact with the spinning underside > of > the disk. It will set 20, 25, 30 and 35 degree angles. You can grind a 30 > degree face on a chisel then adjust to 35 and polish a micro bevel with > the > really fine paper. > > To sharpen something wider it is a sort of free-hand job made easier by a > guide bar you can fairly easily estimate the angle you need. Unless you > have > a big chip to grind out it doesn't take long at all to get a really good > edge. > > I would recommend that you pay the extra for the leather surfaced honing > disk so you can put a mirror finish on the edge. > > I have ground some of the blades of my garden chipper but for that you > really want a grinder to remove enough material to remove the sorts of > nicks > that will acquire and probably for grinding things like lawn mower blades. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ralph Supernaw > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 3:59 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Wood Sharp WS3000 > > Some months ago there was a discussion about how well a blind person can > use > the Wood Sharp to sharpen chissles and plane blade. I can't remember the > conclusion. Would someone please refresh my memory or maybe add more to > the > discussion? 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