I use the robert sorby pro edge. Takes about 8 seconds to do a gouge - brilliant
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Are you happy with your sharpening
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I am not happy with my sharpening, but i am not happy with most of the things i do,
Get a grip man!!!!!!:nonono:
I made up a very Heath-Robinson jig for my belt sander, but in the spirit of clumsysod, it works, it keeps gouges and skews nice and sharp, and most importantly I don't have money for any better! 
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Grinding template
This is a template that I have made with a piece of MDF. It has a datum line with various angles coming off it.
The angles represent the various bevel angles for woodturning tools. By holding the length of the chisel on the datum line you can see if your bevel angle is correct.
25 deg. represents skews and parting tools.
35 deg. represents spindle gouges.
45 deg. represents roughing out gouges.
55 deg. represents bowl gouges.
80 deg. represents scrapers.
I hope this is a help in sharpening. Just hang it up near your grinder for a quick check!!!
Regards
Terry
This is a template that I have made with a piece of MDF. It has a datum line with various angles coming off it.
The angles represent the various bevel angles for woodturning tools. By holding the length of the chisel on the datum line you can see if your bevel angle is correct.
25 deg. represents skews and parting tools.
35 deg. represents spindle gouges.
45 deg. represents roughing out gouges.
55 deg. represents bowl gouges.
80 deg. represents scrapers.
I hope this is a help in sharpening. Just hang it up near your grinder for a quick check!!!
Regards
Terry
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George, I was too embarrassed to show pics! However, since you insist ... Just promise not to laugh.
What's to laugh at, that is real ingenuity. Adapting what you already have and saving money.
I would be pleased to use it if I had a belt sander, looks like its adjustable angle too.
You have also pleased me no end making me think I have been of use as a novice at this lark and a new member.
If nothing else got a few people laterally thinking.
I'll never turn anything again without your comment ringing in my ears: "A chef, butcher or fishmonger will stand with a steel in his hand while chatting at the counter make 5 or 6 cuts and pick up his steel up again
A wood turner will make 30,000 cuts in a couple of minutes and then complain he didn't sharpen his tool correctly?????"
Simple but powerful wisdom - thank you.
