belt sharpener

I am sure it handles them, but the one thing missing from the video is how to sharpen in-cannel gouges.

I use an old, discontinued, 1 x 42 ? grizzly belt sander dedicated to sharpening my turning tools. It looks a little like this

but is all metal. It came with a disk sander to mount on the end of the motor but I never installed it. I use blue sharpening belts from Lee Valley, set the angle on the table to sharpen at 35 deg. and it takes about 15 seconds to sharpen a bowl gouge. No jig needed, just sweep the tool around while sharpening. Sometimes I use a fine stone to take the burr off the inside, but it does not seem to matter in actual use. I never hone or strop a turning tool. It will dull in a few minutes anyway.

I never use it on wood, because I dislike mixing metal sparks with wood dust.