Post by paulchapman on Jul 9, 2008 21:40:44 GMT
Jacob please cover your eyes NOW ;D
Just posted these pictures on the other side, so thought I'd post them here in case anyone is interested.
The Eclipse honing guide is quite good for plane blades but not so satisfactory for bevel edge chisels. There's a modification you can make which improves it. David Charlesworth is generally credited with the idea.
Here is a normal Eclipse guide on the left and a modified one on the right. I simply glued on the thin pieces of aluminium with superglue
The normal way of clamping bevel edge chisels in the guide is to use the two grooves but because of variations in the way bevels are ground on the sides of chisels, this method leads to variable and unsatisfactory results (ie the chisels don't always fit in the grooves very well)
With the modified jig this problem is overcome because the flat face of the chisel is registered against the underside of the aluminium and the sides are gripped by the sides of the jig (not the grooves)
As long as you use aluminium that is not too thick, you can still use the modified guide to hold plane blades.
Someone tell Jacob he can uncover his eyes now ;D
Cheers
Paul
Just posted these pictures on the other side, so thought I'd post them here in case anyone is interested.
The Eclipse honing guide is quite good for plane blades but not so satisfactory for bevel edge chisels. There's a modification you can make which improves it. David Charlesworth is generally credited with the idea.
Here is a normal Eclipse guide on the left and a modified one on the right. I simply glued on the thin pieces of aluminium with superglue
The normal way of clamping bevel edge chisels in the guide is to use the two grooves but because of variations in the way bevels are ground on the sides of chisels, this method leads to variable and unsatisfactory results (ie the chisels don't always fit in the grooves very well)
With the modified jig this problem is overcome because the flat face of the chisel is registered against the underside of the aluminium and the sides are gripped by the sides of the jig (not the grooves)
As long as you use aluminium that is not too thick, you can still use the modified guide to hold plane blades.
Someone tell Jacob he can uncover his eyes now ;D
Cheers
Paul
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of honing jigs to one (un, single, solo) chisel. Brillo!