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I've gotten into sandpaper sharpening ("Scary Sharp") and wanted a place to keep all my sharpening stuff. I had some cut-offs of Afzelia that I purchased at Rockler and came up w/ this.
It is a 13" box that is approx. 3-3/4" tall. It has a rebate to accept the 12" square granite floor tile or piece of float glass I use as my plate.
This is really the first thing I've made from actual hardwood. I purchased an Inca 410 jointer/planer a month or so ago and am now able to dimension lumber. That is how I got into the sandpaper sharpening thing to begin with. I needed to sharpen my Inca blades!
BTW, you'll note that I'm using my jointer knife-setting jig to check the flatness (sorta) of my plates. The float glass is really almost completely flat. I can get a .0005 deviation at one edge. The granite floor tile is off by up to .0015 at one edge. I'm going back to Hobo w/ jig in hand this time to test the tiles before I buy them--I wonder if I'll get strange looks).
I was experimenting w/ sharpening some tools tonight and decided that all I really need is three sandpapers: (1) Something real coarse, like 40-60, to get the ball rolling. (2) Then I jump to 600. (3) Finally, 1200 takes it home.
I also decided I don't like the honing guide for hand tools. It works fine for the jig I made for my jointer knives, but it doesn't hold my smaller hand-tools very well.
It is a 13" box that is approx. 3-3/4" tall. It has a rebate to accept the 12" square granite floor tile or piece of float glass I use as my plate.
This is really the first thing I've made from actual hardwood. I purchased an Inca 410 jointer/planer a month or so ago and am now able to dimension lumber. That is how I got into the sandpaper sharpening thing to begin with. I needed to sharpen my Inca blades!
BTW, you'll note that I'm using my jointer knife-setting jig to check the flatness (sorta) of my plates. The float glass is really almost completely flat. I can get a .0005 deviation at one edge. The granite floor tile is off by up to .0015 at one edge. I'm going back to Hobo w/ jig in hand this time to test the tiles before I buy them--I wonder if I'll get strange looks).
I was experimenting w/ sharpening some tools tonight and decided that all I really need is three sandpapers: (1) Something real coarse, like 40-60, to get the ball rolling. (2) Then I jump to 600. (3) Finally, 1200 takes it home.
I also decided I don't like the honing guide for hand tools. It works fine for the jig I made for my jointer knives, but it doesn't hold my smaller hand-tools very well.
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