Sharpen Turning Tools On A Belt Sander
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- I needed a more accurate way to sharpen my turning tools, but I didn’t want to spend any money on jigs or a new grinder, so I built this jig for my belt sander instead.
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Sweet rig!
Nice to see a young boy with beautiful manners.
Well done, dad.
I appreciate that William!
I love your videos! But I especially love how you include your little guy every so often. I have a little one about the same age and it always just melts my heart seeing a good Dad take the time to pay attention to his boy. Keep up the great work!
Thanks man! I figure most of what I do, I do for my kids. So I probably better include them in the things that I do!
@@GunflintDesigns If I had been a dad, I'd do a good job like you are doing.
When its stupid simple and work awesome you know you have a good design!
Love that young man. Great manners. Love the jig too!
I was reading about the wear in center of belt. At 1:17 min a stop was put on side to position jig in same place every time. I am thinking the table in front of belt has a miter slot that could be used to locate the jig as it moves left to right, just need to add a strip of wood to bottom.
Second or third time watching and reading comments, so getting ready to make one. Would like to spend $600 on CBN wheels, slow speed grinder and sharpening jig setup, but this and maybe a diamond pocket hone should be just as good and the price is right. Great engineering and build, thanks for posting.
Timely video, I was on my way to Woodcraft to pick up s slow speed grinder until I tried using my Porter cable bench sander. Tool stays cool to the touch, consistent profile, and no concave rub surface. Great video, lighting, and instructions. This is how a instructional video should be posted. Great Work.
I really like this set up. I'm limited on funds and space, so using a belt sander for multiple uses would definitely help me out vs getting a bench grinder.
Just finished making one of these and it works great! It was so easy to get a nice clean edge on all my tools.
My sander turns the opposite direction (craftsman, identical to yours) and looked at videos when I set it up and everyone elses was going the same way.
It still made a nice edge and no worries about snagging the seam.
One thing I added was a rail to fit into the table slot and helps keep everything square.
I have a grinder but it's on a pedestal and good wheels + jigs would be a huge expense.
Would rather put the money into more tools and chucks.
I don't even have a bowl gouge yet so that jig is next so I have it ready.
A simple set of plans would have helped, maybe a .pdf with a pic of each piece and dimensions.
I'm glad you found it useful and found add your own extra features. I didn't make a plan because I made it up as I went along and I figured very few people would be building it to suit the exact same sander. Turns out there was at least one of you out there!
nice jigs, man ... you're getting a pretty good grind on there. well done
Great problem solving.
You flatter me Jay.
Great. To be honest, that probably works better than a grinder
Great video, thanks. Also, special thanks for featuring the sweet little kid, who, by the way must be an absolute pleasure to talk with. Thanks for not editing him out. Best wishes to you.
Nice jig man. I've been looking for a good system this looks perfect for me. Thanks for sharing...
a very simple but great idea and easy to do
That is a very cool way to sharpen your tools! Nicely done sir!
Practical wood engineering! Great job
Thank you!
Wow, that’s a great solution to have a flat grind too as opposed to the hollow grind you get from a grinder.
Very nice. I think this will be the route I take. Thank you for the video.
I will say that it does tend to wear out sandpaper, at least the cheap stuff I've been using.
Great design, well thought out!
Great video!!! Love the design.
That is pretty awesome! Great, now I have to save up for an upright belt sander too bahaha... Very good video 👍 Thank you brother, owe you one 👍
Haha, I'm sorry AND you're welcome!
Dang man! Great system.
Dog gone innovative. Great jig.
Wow, great job! And you didn't have to sink that bolt head into your knob? I would have thought that it would have just spun without getting tight. I was thinking that it would be easy to put marks across the slider onto the housing for quick-setting for your various tools, but then I figured you probably didn't because the more material you remove when you sharpen changes the slider position. Great idea and great build. Now go get that boy some balloons already! :)
Thank you! That bolt went in tight enough at first that it didn't need anything else, but the more I use it the more it starts to spin... I was just in a hurry (or lazy?) at the time so I didn't do anything to prevent that. I'll get it fixed up eventually, I promise.
I'm new to your channel. Had to stop by an Compliment You. Outstanding Jig ! I do stair work and Balusters weather Copies of Old Broken ones or Touching Up what the Lathe Duplicator doesn't get Tight is pretty much a regular in my shop.
The Point .... Your Jig is Kickin Butt Great! I've got water wheels to bench grinders. But your ideas are Fantastic Dude, no joke!
spindle gouges and skews are regular, standard equipment. Guess you know I'm gonna be lookin at my 6 by 48 belt sander first thing in the morning.
Please Stay Honest ... Like your style.
again Thanks
Thanks Joe! I figured this was just going to be a temporary improvement until I could save up for a good grinder... but maybe I'll find that this does a great job, and with an endorsement like yours I am very encouraged.
Actually a good video with good ideas. I planned something likd this for my disk grinder but never followed through, maybe I will now. Thanks.
Thanks I'm gonna try it looks great.
Good idea and a great jig as well, it's one of those 'now why didn't i think of that' moments, well done.
Now a new Subscriber, thanks for the great videos you are doing.
Barry (ENG)
Thanks Barry!
Brilliant setup there!! I will be copying in my shop soon!
Thanks, I am going to make mine right now...no more freehand sharpening for me!
Let me know how it turns out!
Excellent!
Great video, thanks for sharing!!
clever and minimal cost
Very cool
Beautiful modular design! What kind of belts are you using? Looked like aluminum oxide? Check out the silicon carbide (like black wet/dry sandpaper) belts, and get some fine grit belts as well. Coarse for fixing tools that are badly worn and fine for really making them sharp. Just remember that the finer the belt the more they heat up the tool, and the less time you need to spend grinding anyway if they're already in reasonable shape.
Good advice. They are just the aluminum oxide type belts. 150 grit has been working well for keeping an edge in good shape. I switched over to 80 because I wanted to try to reshape a bowl gouge - it worked, but I pretty much ruined ruined a brand new belt to get the job done. It was a good learning experience and I will definitely look into silicon carbide next time I order belts.
Gunflint Designs I attempted this ( with a makeshift holder) on a skew and it didn't take long til the belt broke at the splice. Out was bumping every time the splice came around. Thoughts??
I have even less tools than you, including the lack of a belt sander, but this has inspired me to explore ways to sharpen my chisels..
Ingenius
Really enjoy your videos! And I love this jig. Question, probably a dumb one: why does one gouge need the Wolverine/Marius Hornberger type of jig, while others don’t?
And why does the skew need to come in from either side? The cutting edge doesn’t actually need to be horizontal on contact with the sanding belt, does it?
I do not mean these questions to sound like criticism, just trying to understand. Still REAL new to wood turning.
Don‘t have a benchtop belt sander, so I’m thinking of building a jig for a hand held belt sander, or an old power drill. Really like what you built.
Great idea! I was wondering how did you attach the jig to the table/plate on the belt sander?
Looks good
awesome setup my friend it's a shame they don't make belts in higher grit.
Thanks! I haven't done a whole lot of looking for belts, so there might be more out there. This was just a set I found on Amazon when I was in a hurry to get my new sander up and running.
What type of belt are you using?
I've been sharpening my tools on a grinder for years & I don't think I have the repeat ability that you have. I wonder if I could use my 1" wide belt sander, that I use for sharpening knives. Any thoughts on that ?
1" wide might make it a bit of a challenge, but I don't see why it couldn't be done. I imagine you'll just have to develop a better technique than I will with my 6-inches of real estate.
so there will be some new turning video's soon, sweet.
That's part of the plan!
Better than a grinder, check out the Robert Sorbey Sobert Pro Edge it looks very similar to your belt sander. Also will the bolt not overtime wear down the veneer underneath it? To remedy if you were to make again route in some sort of metal? But I do love this! really easy to follow, keep up the great vids!
Thank's for the support! I thought about that bolt wearing into the veneer too much... I decided first of all I wanted to get the jig built and make sure it worked... if it became a problem I was prepared to fix it just like you suggest. So far I have found that the little divots it makes end up just being great positive stop so I can lock it down in the same location repeatedly. A happy accident!
Maybe glue a half inch long dowel on the end of the bolt. Glue some sand paper on the bottom of dowel for friction.
Nice jigs. What grit belts do you use on your sander for sharpening?
I have used 150, 120 and 80. It doesn't seem to make too big of a difference. Obviously the 80 will remove a little more material quicker, so it you need to change profiles or anything that might be better.
Great video and idea thanks, just this week I got a second hand belt sander so this looks like a great project to copy. Can I ask what grit belt your using to sharpen? Thanks
I bought a variety pack of belts when I got this sander from my Grandpa and I have been using 150 grit when I just need to touch up the edge on tools. If you needed to regrind something to new new shape, I'd imagine you'd want to go as low as possible.
Thanks, looking forward to trying this! Cheers
Let me know how it goes!
Hey, nice job; I am gonna build this! I was wondering what grit sandpaper you used on the belt sander?
I believe I mostly used 120 and 150, but honestly, I've just used what I have on the sander. I will say that the paper wears out pretty quickly from this, unless you have higher quality stuff than I do anyway.
Would cabinet grade plywood work? I like your idea and have plywood also melamine.
I think that would work just fine as long as it is pretty rigid. If the wood flexes much it won't be as consistent for you.
Nice job, what grit are you using on that belt sander?
What grit and type of belt do you use?
I wonder why they stopped making overhead saws
There's a few reasons. Radial Arm Saws actually have a few features that make them more versatile than a miter saw, but the miter saw still phased it out. Many people think an RAS is an inherently dangerous tool, but that's mostly due to improper use. In the end, miter saws just seem safer (statistically fewer accidents) and they take up less space to do almost the same thing.
What grit do you have on that sander?
What grit is the sandpaper?
I've tried a few different grits and I think I got the best edge at 120.
Crazy 8 the belt and it runs backwards
Great video! very informative and well thought out. I am new to turning myself and just received a turning tool set. Was trying to figure out the best method for sharpening without having to spend a bundle on a whole new jig set. This will work great!
I'm new to your channel. Had to stop by an Compliment You. Outstanding Jig ! I do stair work and Balusters weather Copies of Old Broken ones or Touching Up what the Lathe Duplicator doesn't get Tight is pretty much a regular in my shop.
The Point .... Your Jig is Kickin Butt Great! I've got water wheels to bench grinders. But your ideas are Fantastic Dude, no joke!
spindle gouges and skews are regular, standard equipment. Guess you know I'm gonna be lookin at my 6 by 48 belt sander first thing in the morning.
Please Stay Honest ... Like your style.
again Thanks