Whilst at Woody's yesterday I was interested to see the quick demo of the Robert whasname sharpening thingy.
I don't have a problem sharpening anything except my wits, but hey if Woody has one there must be something in this idea init?
This gimme thoughts about perverting Basil belt sander.
I have only ever used Basil as it was assembled from the box and never passed a thought to any adjustment on it, in fact poor ol Basil was under the bench from lack of use.
Cuppa char in one hand and spanner in t'other loosening a single nut turned Basil's belt platform to 90 degrees on itself, promising methinks.
I took the the table gubbins off of Danny disc and sized them up with Basil to find that no surprise it did fit init?
Sharpened a Charley chisel or two and yes they came up sharp enough to warrant leaving Basil on the bench for further play.
A big plus is at this angle of dangle Basil has a much smaller footprint so I am happy to let him stay for a while init?
If he is gonna be there I may as well put Danny disc back in order too, a bit of thought and look at rod stock came up with it would be easier to make table for Danny than Basil.
A few bends in some 12mm ally Rodney and a couple of pipe clips screwed in and ears what we have so far.
Basil sitting nicely and behaving himself.
Here is Rodney in new shape holding the gubbins together
Danny's new table in place and stable at that. Next job to router a pathway for the mitre guide.
Now on the lookout for some fancy belts of the correct longf to see if they are better.
OK I know it's not Axminster or Sorbey or any other fancy name but it is a way you could jig a sharpening tool out of a basic Basil.
And still eat for a munf on what one of those would cost init?
I don't have a problem sharpening anything except my wits, but hey if Woody has one there must be something in this idea init?
This gimme thoughts about perverting Basil belt sander.
I have only ever used Basil as it was assembled from the box and never passed a thought to any adjustment on it, in fact poor ol Basil was under the bench from lack of use.
Cuppa char in one hand and spanner in t'other loosening a single nut turned Basil's belt platform to 90 degrees on itself, promising methinks.
I took the the table gubbins off of Danny disc and sized them up with Basil to find that no surprise it did fit init?
Sharpened a Charley chisel or two and yes they came up sharp enough to warrant leaving Basil on the bench for further play.
A big plus is at this angle of dangle Basil has a much smaller footprint so I am happy to let him stay for a while init?
If he is gonna be there I may as well put Danny disc back in order too, a bit of thought and look at rod stock came up with it would be easier to make table for Danny than Basil.
A few bends in some 12mm ally Rodney and a couple of pipe clips screwed in and ears what we have so far.
Basil sitting nicely and behaving himself.
Here is Rodney in new shape holding the gubbins together
Danny's new table in place and stable at that. Next job to router a pathway for the mitre guide.
Now on the lookout for some fancy belts of the correct longf to see if they are better.
OK I know it's not Axminster or Sorbey or any other fancy name but it is a way you could jig a sharpening tool out of a basic Basil.
And still eat for a munf on what one of those would cost init?