Homemade Wood Turning Tool Sharpening Jig

You can use this to sharpen the following items.

Homemade wood turning tool sharpening jig. Now your sharpening jig is ready to be used. How to make the sharpening jig. I mark and cut the main piece again to make it more comfortable when sharpening.

Like the two sides two ends This shorter Jig was made to. Set the tool handle in the end of the jig arm. I took some 1 x 2 out of the scrap bin and cut some v-grooves in it about 3 12 inches from the center of the wheel.

If you do it yourself allow some extra length for the 30mm square and angle due to the cutting blade thickness. First I cut all the hard plywood pieces with the table saw and make an adjustment groove with the router table in several runs. The small wood on the base needs to able to move up and down freely so it would create less friction while sharpening any tools.

Free plans English page size A4 --updated version--. This is a sharpening system that comes with everything you need to sharpen your turning tools. When I was at the Baltimore Woodworking show I took pictures and measurements of the one they had one display and tried to replicate.

It comes with all the angle set-up jigs and fixtures you need. 500 mm of 30mm x 2mm square steel tube - needs to be cut into 2 x 200mm 2 x 50mm. My first homemade woodturning tool was a carbide insert turning tool taking both square and circle shaped carbide inserts and it cuts like a dream great for the times you might be a little apprehensive about sticking that new bowl gouge into an irregular spinning piece of wood.

Now I glue a piece of plywood to the bottom. Flip the tool and sharpen the other side. Grinds Baltic Birch Ply 12 and 14 nominal 1 of 1 NOTE.