Tool sharpening

Have it - use it - like it.

Took a sharpening class - not really need it anymore(except for my skews - still like it for that)

Ed, The Wolverine is a great tool. I have one and rely upon it heavily. However, it is only one way to sharpen gouges. Learn how to hone your gouges between grindings and they will last much longer and make it much more worthwhile to buy expensive tools. A man in the club is a professional turner and has been using the same Glaser gouge for something like 18 years. I've seen others grind them down to stubs in a few years. David

Ed,

I have the Wolverine system. Its great. It allows you to get consistent angles and bevels with a minimum of effort. There may be people out there who can freehand sharpen as well as the Wolverine system can, but I am certainly not one of them and probably will never be. Learning to turn is like learning two different sets of skills simultaneously. You have to learn to sharpen and you have to learn the skills necessary for turning. You can't turn well until you can sharpen well. The Wolverine system allows you to cut to the chase, so to speak.

Barry

Hi Ed,

I learned to sharpen freehand and can sharpen most of my tools with out the wolverine. However I bought and use the wolverine also. I like the consistency in grinding gouges and especially enjoy using the grinding platform over the poorly designed tool rests designed by the "accountant engineers" found on most grinders today.

Recently Oneway has developed some real audio videos that can be downloaded from their web site that has great instructions for using the wolverine and related products. It would be well worth the download time IMO , if you are considering buying the wolverine.

I'm not affiliated with the company just a satisfied user.

Bertie

Let me stick my neck out here and say it is the best money can buy! Makes for consistent rapid grinding and coupled with a set of EzeLap diamond paddles for honing edges is the fastest way I know to be turning rather than sharpening. I am working on a set of jigs for sharpening oval skews that will work with the standard Wolverine tool rest. Guess I will need one for

1/2, 3/4, 1, and 1 1/4 inch tools. The prototype is for the large skew. Made of aluminum and cut for 70 degrees on a Bridgeport. Just need to get the clamp done in my spare time. Registers on the flat side of the skew next to the toe of the tool. These things can be done freehand but one bobble and oops! Start over. ;)

Dan "Eccentric by Nature"