Sharpening Jig
After I completed my recent project - mini plane - I realized that the iron of this little plane was too small to sharpen it comfortably. I sharpen my edges free-hand, and this iron is just too small to hold it while sharpening.
So I came up with this simple solution: some kind of iron holder made from mild construction steel.
Now it's pretty easy to do the job:
When it was done I remembered how Paul Sellers made his simple jig for sharpening spokeshaves irons and decided to make something similar on the other end of my own jig.
When it was done I remembered how Jimmy Diresta made bunch of bottle openers from all the tools he had around, and decided not to turn this little piece of steel into such bottle opener
So here it is, simple and yet useful addition to my sharpening setup.
Thank you for looking!
After I completed my recent project - mini plane - I realized that the iron of this little plane was too small to sharpen it comfortably. I sharpen my edges free-hand, and this iron is just too small to hold it while sharpening.
So I came up with this simple solution: some kind of iron holder made from mild construction steel.
Now it's pretty easy to do the job:
When it was done I remembered how Paul Sellers made his simple jig for sharpening spokeshaves irons and decided to make something similar on the other end of my own jig.
When it was done I remembered how Jimmy Diresta made bunch of bottle openers from all the tools he had around, and decided not to turn this little piece of steel into such bottle opener
So here it is, simple and yet useful addition to my sharpening setup.
Thank you for looking!