sharpening with a wet wheel?

my delta wet wheel turns toward me. the rest is set high. the runoff water goes back in the pan. maybe its because of the rest hight. my rest positions the chisel on the top of the stone, unlike my bench grinder that uses the front of the stone. it works well but its a slow process.

skeez

Hi Old Chief, If your Sears grind stone is directly driven by a rubber spindle rubbing on it, I have one too and mine turns away from me. I haven't ever found much use for it except for kitchen knives and hatchets. Adjusting the tool rest isn't much help. Maybe I'm misusing it, but I don't think it was ever popular among woodturners. :)

Turn to Safety, Arch Fortiter

The Tormek allows for either direction based on how the rest is placed relative to the wheel.

Hi John, I've known the Tormek, it's a friend of mine and Sear's grindstone, you're no Tormek! :)

Turn to Safety, Arch Fortiter

I've never sharpened lathe tools with a wet wheel.

What's the advantage?

I see the main disadvantage being time wasted.

I like my edge SHARP. After 5-10 minutes on hard wood, I can feel the drag. Two steps to the grinder, about 45 seconds to touch up the edge, and back to the lathe. Frequently I don't stop the lathe, takes to long.

I doubt that I could do that with a wet wheel.

I'm interested, but sceptical.

What can you tell me.

Old Guy

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Yuk, yuk, This old Sears must not have been anyone's friend! Asking price at yard sale was $4. My $2 offer was happily accepted. Old Chief Lynn (large picture of grinder on ABPW as "Sears Wet Grinder)

I suppose time wasted is why the slow wet grinder has all but disappeared (unless one invests in a fancy-dancy "Tormek or equivalent)

I use (because I'm cheap, I suppose) a lot of carbon steel tools around the shop. I have become quite proficient at burning the edges just a little.

Just getting into woodturning now, but I have done quite a bit of work with a hand plane. (time wasted, you are probably thinking) As we all know, sharp is key here, and a really nice edge (without any blue tinges is pretty easy with a wet or oil stone...... just thought hey, with a motor here, this could be pretty cool!

I have tried sharpening my lathe tools with a conventional bench grinder, but haven't quite perfected the stance and roll necessary to make a pretty grind.... Some tools have gotten shorter, quicker than I had hoped, so probably will try a homebuilt jig like a couple of the pro's show on their web sites.

Picture of my old time Sears wet grinder is posted on ABPW, (Alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking) but is pretty big unless you are on some sort of broadband service.

Old Chief Lynn

What's the advantage?

I see the main disadvantage being time wasted.

I like my edge SHARP. After 5-10 minutes on hard wood, I can feel the drag. Two steps to the grinder, about 45 seconds to touch up the edge, and back to the lathe. Frequently I don't stop the lathe, takes to long.

I doubt that I could do that with a wet wheel.

I'm interested, but sceptical.

What can you tell me.

Old Guy

well, there is "sharp", then there is "Sharp", then there is "SHARP", and finally there is SHARP!!!!!!!!!"

if you make a pass or two on a 60 grit grinder and touch up the edge so you get nice curly shavings, that's "sharp" - do it with a sharpening guide on a

120 grit wheel and carefully touch up the edges and you get "Sharp" - it will dull faster but on soft woods you will get a better surface finish. Use a Tormek wet wheel and a jig and you get SHARP - it will do a much better finsh pass, but except for finishing it's not much different from "Sharp" and that's why many don't bother. Finally, if you want to make transparently thin shavings because you are in a hand plane contest, or you are carving by hand, or you are doing surgery, you need "SHARP" - requires careful honing with progressive grits and will easily split a hair in half (though I've never figured out what to do with the other half of the hare besides make soup).

hope this clarifies the matter bill n

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