How Do You Make A Knife Sharpening Jig

Next I screwed my knife blank to a piece of wood and placed this in the vise.
How do you make a knife sharpening jig. You can set the edge angle with the AngleMaster WM-200. Cut this angle in half and you have 45 degrees. The metal widget with the springs is there just to make sure the work rest the piece of cherry with the c-clamp on top doesnt move around and change the distance of the knife to the wheel.
And in a matter of less than 5 minutes I have a blade sharp enough to shave hair off my arm. Hold your knife such that the spine is perpendicular to the stone. 90 degrees because thats our reference point.
I can also move it around to accommodate blades of different widths and thicknesses. The Taidea sharpening whetstones will fit into this knife sharpening jig. Another piece of hardwood is cut to size for the clamp that will hold the blade.
This also show you any curving in your blade. The c-clamp itself is cut down so I have a better view and control of the knife while grinding. The blade can be clamped at the tang area and you can drill a 116 pin anyhwer on the other side to keep blade level.
Knife Placement Use of the Rod. In this DIY episode Im making knife sharpening jig which fits Taidea sharpening whetstones. I hold the knife at a 90 degree angle and push downward I dont pull upward or backwards.
This jig could also work for with a bench. Building Knife Sharpening Jig by Michal Kadlec. It will hanlde better with a peice of angle iron or whatever when it covers the blade length.