I made a knifesharpener

maple  3/8" steel rod stock, 5/8" steel rod stock, 4, 1/4-20 bolts and  2 nuts,  a 1/4-20 set screw, some 3/8-16 stock, some 2" dia steel,   couple of tie rod ends.  Little DMT diamond hones and super glue

oh and some 1/4" thick  steel flat stock

I am considering an addition to  mount in the jaws to do scissors and maybe other things

 

JUST LIKE  TV~!!!!!

 

https://photos.smugmug.com/Tools-I-made-or-Purchased/i-RHpKZvM/0/fddf9298/1920/knife sharpener-1920.mp4

 

I like it!  Might just make me one.

Neeto..........

Herb

I was having fits with the  fancy pants curvy blade on my Sog Vulcan knife.  I'd tried  wheels on my lathe with abrasive and  didn't really like it. My hand stones were a tad wide to be picking up the   concave curves.  So I looked at a few different  commercially available rigs out there. 

There is a really slick  rig from Russia that  lets you do one side at a time.  The rig lets you rotate the blade holder..

And there is this format I ended up going with.

The   factory made version of both of them run into the $300 ++ dollar range, which I thought was a bit ridiculous.

The Russian rig really does have the many precision machined parts  and engineering that  justifies their cost  - but it's really all overkill.

 

Really, this whole thing could be made from wood except maybe the part that clamps the blade.

 

 

 

 

Edited March 4, 20197 yr by Cliff

1 hour ago, Cliff said:

JUST LIKE  TV~!!!!!

But Wait!! There's More!!!

 

 

Knice Knife!!

 

Here's a couple pics of the edge close up.  Locking in the  angle this way really does produce a consistent edge that I  never got by hand.  Not that I ever had trouble edging a tool but this is   mechanical perfection

 

Very creative idea!!

so I have been using this thing and I gotta say  It is the single best  sharpening tool I've ever used.