Making A Wood Turning Chisel Sharpening Jig

Oneway Wolverine Vari-Grind Jig.

Making a wood turning chisel sharpening jig. Lathe Techniques - Your Wood Turning Project Done Right - Mollerstead. For the Varigrind I use two scraps of ply glued together in a wide flat V. Just ignore those bits in the middle.

The long tubes should have 2 holes drilled in the top. Ad Find Deals on Products in Power Tools on Amazon. It can be a nightmare to try and sharpen wood turning chisels such as bowl spindle roughing gouges and you can easily ruin your expensive tools if your not careful.

Adjust the jigs leg per the manufacturers instructions set it in the V-rest and then slide the rest out so that the center of the bevel rests on the center of the wheel. Mar 24 2017 - Explore Gioia Blixs board lathe tool sharpening jig on Pinterest. Ad Find Deals on Products in Power Tools on Amazon.

By adding stops at the most common measurements you can skip the guesswork and get the right angle every time. Now Ill change the grinding wheel sandpaper. I screwed 2 sections of 10 oak to the ends of the bottom board this would be for supporting the outside edges.

I forgot to take a picture of this step but you can see them in this picture as well. Chisels gouges bowl gouges spindle gouges carving tools woodturning scrapers parting tools block plane irons and more. This way you can mount the tube either way around either side of the grinder.

Grind the tip first and then pivot and swing the jig in each direction as shown to create an even grind. Now turn the grinder on and lower the tool onto the wheel. So once gain adjust the angle of your tool rest to where the angle will be around 70 degrees and start grinding.