Making A Wood Turning Chisel Sharpening Jig

This is a sharpening system that comes with everything you need to sharpen your turning tools.

Making a wood turning chisel sharpening jig. Ad Find Deals on Products in Power Tools on Amazon. Chisels gouges bowl gouges spindle gouges carving tools woodturning scrapers parting tools block plane irons and more. I screwed 2 sections of 10 oak to the ends of the bottom board this would be for supporting the outside edges.

Ill also make a knob out of birch plywood. 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. Now Ill change the grinding wheel sandpaper.

Oneway Wolverine Vari-Grind Jig. Ill use P240 which I think is enough to sharpen the chisels. I drilled the holes the next size or 2 up from 516 so the screws had some room and the there is some room for error in welding the nuts.

Its design will depend on the grinding jig. Honing Guide and Angle Tool Set Chisel Sharpening Jig Knife Sharpener Angle Tool Kit for All Knives and Wood Chisels 18 to 1-78 Hand Planer Blades. Just ignore those bits in the middle.

With the bandsaw I cut the piece the chisel handles will rest on which also turns them if necessary. The first is a template to set the jig locking angle. Now to use the jig all you do is slide your blade or chisel into the slot tighten slightly until you have it adjusted up to the stopper and also have the side of the chisel or blade aligned with the side of the alignment tool then finger tighten and you are now ready to sharpen that tool.

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. See more ideas about lathe tools wood turning woodturning tools. I forgot to take a picture of this step but you can see them in this picture as well.