Hello Friends,
I decided I wanted to make my own guided knife sharpening system, the design should look familiar. This one being made of oak and aluminum (the two materials are screwed together), well it is quite sturdy! When I use it I simply put a piece of thin non-slip material under it and I don't have to worry about it moving at all.
The key components for the system are the 3/8" precision rod, super-swivel heim joint, the rubber block (with 3/8" hole down the middle) and the DMT stones I taped to the rubber block with some super sticky and thin 3M double-sided tape. A little Slick Honey bicycle grease on the rod and it moves smoooooothly through the swivel.
I also decided to make the guide plate angle adjustable so that I could place blades with sweeping curves exactly were I want them.
So far I have only re-profiled and sharpened my PM2 and I am thrilled with the results. Was able to easily apex edges with each stone, then I just ran the edge across some soft pine to remove the slight burr left, after a few swipes on my strop the edge shaves easily and cleanly.
Hope you like, I have learned so much from this forum, trying to give something back.
-pat
I decided I wanted to make my own guided knife sharpening system, the design should look familiar. This one being made of oak and aluminum (the two materials are screwed together), well it is quite sturdy! When I use it I simply put a piece of thin non-slip material under it and I don't have to worry about it moving at all.
The key components for the system are the 3/8" precision rod, super-swivel heim joint, the rubber block (with 3/8" hole down the middle) and the DMT stones I taped to the rubber block with some super sticky and thin 3M double-sided tape. A little Slick Honey bicycle grease on the rod and it moves smoooooothly through the swivel.
I also decided to make the guide plate angle adjustable so that I could place blades with sweeping curves exactly were I want them.
So far I have only re-profiled and sharpened my PM2 and I am thrilled with the results. Was able to easily apex edges with each stone, then I just ran the edge across some soft pine to remove the slight burr left, after a few swipes on my strop the edge shaves easily and cleanly.
Hope you like, I have learned so much from this forum, trying to give something back.
-pat
