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Best way to put final bevel on?
- Thread starter shappa
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I use a half worn 220 and depending on the knife's intended use may go up to 400 or 600 before taking the wire edge off on the buffer. For things like cutting meat etc though, 220 seems ideal.
Put your edge on edge down!!!
If you try it edge up you'll only try it once...if you come away with all your parts intact.
Put your edge on edge down!!!
If you try it edge up you'll only try it once...if you come away with all your parts intact.Edge down is probably good advice. It develops the wire edge better and that helps to know when you have arrived where you want to be. Having said that, I do all my sharpening on the belt - edge up - and I've never blown a belt while doing it. The buffer, of course is ALWAYS edge down with any corners or other edges protected. I'm not recommending sharpening edge up on the belt - but it can be done and I like the increased sense of control - maybe because all my other grinding is edge up.
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I sharpened edge up for a long time till it happened, then kept on till it happened again, then the big dummy got smart and put a reversing switch on the Burr King. Now I still sharpen with the edge up but with the belt going the other way. Best mod I ever did. Gib
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I sharpen on the flat platen(if that's what you were originally asking about?),edge down, as it's easier to see the angle by the back of the blade in relation to the platen, and keep both sides the same.
I usually use a mildly worn 120, followed by the same in 320 for sharpening.
After I get the wire edge, I use a medium felt wheel(on the buffer)loaded with green compound, and edge down with the wire edge first, at a 45degree angle, make a light pass, then raise the blade to 25-30 degrees, and make another light pass. Repeat on the other side.
It will be shaving sharp if you did everything right.
The hard felt wheel won't allow the edge to be rounded as is possible on a softer buffing wheel, and it polishes out grinding marks with ease.
I usually use a mildly worn 120, followed by the same in 320 for sharpening.
After I get the wire edge, I use a medium felt wheel(on the buffer)loaded with green compound, and edge down with the wire edge first, at a 45degree angle, make a light pass, then raise the blade to 25-30 degrees, and make another light pass. Repeat on the other side.
It will be shaving sharp if you did everything right.
The hard felt wheel won't allow the edge to be rounded as is possible on a softer buffing wheel, and it polishes out grinding marks with ease.