I tried the scary sharp method, found it time-consuming. Not a
bad method if you're just touching up a reasonably well-kept chisel or
plane iron. In my case I had some vintage early-1900's Stanley plane irons
to sharpen and they were very dull. Scary sharp would take way too much time.
I bought a Work Sharp WS3000 (www.worksharptools.com) and love
it. It's basically a medium speed grinder rotated 90degrees. 6"
adhesive-backed sandpaper is attached to tempered glass disks. Tool rest
is adjustable to different angles.
It ground down my dull plane irons in no time. Put on a wicked
sharp edge, too. The tool rest means I'm always sharpening at the correct
angle. The Edge-Vision disk and media makes sharpening odd-shaped tools
like lathe gouges a breeze.
Sandpaper is somewhat pricey from Work Sharp, you can substitute
other adhesive-backed media from 3M or Norton.
Todd
Seattle,WA
'86 GTI, Red of course. (exciting racey car) 269,000 miles
'01 Golf TDI, silver. (new work car) 207,000 miles
'87 Golf, Polar Silver. (retired work car) 654,000 miles <- Gone to a new
home :(
http://www.pureluckdesign.com <-Ferrari & VW stuff
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