FREEHAND Adjustable Stone/strop holder

thombrogan said:
rpttrsn,

Love the Lambroghinis and have an unsolicited suggestion for you:

Get an angle-measuring device. They're $7 or less at most hardware stores or you can be pointlessly extravagant and get a Wixey Digital Angle Finder (it's $7 for the angle finder and $33 for the OCD medicine, shipping, and first batteries). When flattening waterstones, all sorts of things happen and the bottom of the stone could be 12.5 degrees while the top is higher or lower.
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I did use the angle measuring device that I had picked up at HD or Lowes last year. It was a little difficult getting all the angles correct. The bottom plate has the cutouts square while the upper one has the cutouts at each of the angles listed. Used my table saw with a carbide tip blade to cut the 1/8" slots. Using only one piece between the upper and lower plate was a bit harder then using three pieces. One for each angle. Checked the setup after completing and all angles are right on. At least as close as the indicator is.
Thanks for your input. I would like to place "something" under the stones to help curtail movement. Its not bad but could be better. Don't want sides as this would restrict the size of stones or any other item I would opt to use. Was thinking of thin rubber, damp cloth or even a couple or rubber bands.:confused:
 
You can get rolls of nonskid rubber fabric used to line drawers and shelves at the dollar store. They're what I use. Here's a pic of them behind my cutting/sharpening board:

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For the angles and recommendation, it is because stones tend to not be as parallel as they used to be after a few uses. Instead of the side looking like a rectangle, it can look like a parallelogram. That's just on the long sides. It can also get off-kilter on the short sides making the left or right higher than the other side. The result is that your strop might be 12.5 degrees on the 12.5 setting, but your waterstone could be 10 or 17 degrees on the 12.5 degree setting.
 
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rpttrsn said:
...I would like to place "something" under the stones to help curtail movement. Its not bad but could be better. Don't want sides as this would restrict the size of stones or any other item I would opt to use. Was thinking of thin rubber, damp cloth or even a couple or rubber bands.:confused:
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I'm at work right now so I can't shoot you any pictures. However awhile back when I built my setup, I used a thin rubber mouse pad to make non-skid grip for the stones & the base of the holder. I just cut them to size glued them on. Works very well. Nice & flat + grippy.

Hope that helps,
Scooby
 
Actually, the tilted stone setup is awesome for sharpening the tips of blades. I find it easier than sharpening the tip with the stone parallel to the floor (even though that's what I do 99% of the time).
 
You may just get some cheap leather from Tandy leather to glue to the base to make it non slippery. Works best from what I tried. You may see it on my video.

Thanks, Vassili.
 
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