Photos Showing off my Sharpening Jig.

SteelJunkee said:
Hi, .. Thanks for Watching... and if you have comments, suggestions you are welcome.
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Hi,
Nice work.

Why are two holes in this metal tail part and why is it pointy?
Ok 1 hole to anchor to a table but 2?
It came with the holes that way you simply repurposed it?
http://www.nexsolution.net/jig/photo1.jpg

It would be nice if you could annotate pics of some of the less obvious items
say this part completely off the shelf (wingnut) , this one fabricated from this, using this, because, took this long,...

for example:
off the shelf threaded rod 20 inch long 1/2" round, cut down to 12inch for riser, and two 4inch legs, using hand hacksaw, took 11 hours ...
 
bucketstove said:
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Hi,
Nice work.

Why are two holes in this metal tail part and why is it pointy?
Ok 1 hole to anchor to a table but 2?
It came with the holes that way you simply repurposed it?
http://www.nexsolution.net/jig/photo1.jpg

It would be nice if you could annotate pics of some of the less obvious items
say this part completely off the shelf (wingnut) , this one fabricated from this, using this, because, took this long,...

for example:
off the shelf threaded rod 20 inch long 1/2" round, cut down to 12inch for riser, and two 4inch legs, using hand hacksaw, took 11 hours ...
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Hi, the piece of metal I took for the tail already had those holes just took long enough to be able to clamp the jig to the table and do a good leg.

Well, I can re-post the detailed pics with dimensions on them if you want ?

All bolts and nuts are 3/8 and 5/16. Metal sheet are .125 and .098 inch. Plywood is three layers of 1/2 laminated, one layer for the handle. you have to find a piece of metal with a very sharp 90° to do a part of the mouth.

I really couldn't evaluate time spent on this but it was winter and it really depends if you have fun or not.

The tools I have used are as follows.

Jig saw
Press drill
Bench saw, with metal and wood consumables
Vise
clamps
file
sanding paper
imagination

all household quality...

The tolerance level of all clamp parts are really loose, if you do it too tight it wont work well. Beyond this, a lot of epoxy to fix metal parts to the wood. The worst part is the holes and channels you have to do, they must be precise but loose..
 
Any commercially available system would be envious of the versatility you've incorporated.
Nice job.
Keep it up!
 
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