Veritas Grinder Tool Rest?

[Tony Shea]

I am in need of a tool rest to add to my grinder that is currently useless for sharpening chisels and plane blades as there is no tool rest on it. Instead of buying a new grinder that may come with a rest I was thinking of buying the Veritas Grinder tool rest. Has anyone had any experience with this tool rest and is it worth adding to my grinder opposed to buying a new grinder?

Tool Rest (http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=32972&cat=1,43072,45938&pb=1#pb)

[Jaze Derr]

I just bought and installed one, and I like it. It's very flexible in positioning, and is super steady to use.

In fact, I bought two, but only opened one. I'm planning on returning the other one, if I ever get around to it. I only use one wheel at a time!

Just wanted to add that I bought one of the tool rests complete with the jig, but I haven't used the jig yet, so I can't tell you how that is. But Veritas is good stuff!

[mike holden]

Tony,
I had one, liked it so much I bought a second for the other side of the grinder!
Yes, one can be cheaper than a new grinder and is highly recommended. Get the skew attachment if you use skew chisels.
Mike

[Joe Mindell]

And I really like it. Easily adusted and positioned. And plenty solid for anything I use the wheel for. Highly reccomended.

[Sean Nagle]

Excellent tool rest. Highly recommended.

[Dave Cav]

I have a couple of them, too. Works great.

[Tony Shea]

I see that the directions say that it is suited for a 6" or 8". Do most of you use a 6" grinder? If so, does the adjustments allow for easy access to the wheel while still having a full range of adjustment angles? My grinder is my grandfathers and is fairly old. But I like it as it seems to be fairly stabalized with the wheel that's on it. I will have to replace the wheel with a Norton white stone wheel. Therefore I think I will just get the kit that has the tool holder, tool rest, angle checker, and a 80x wheel. Should the 80x be suficient in creating the initial bevels on chisels and plane irons?

[Jaze Derr]

Tony, I can't answer your question about the wheel grit, but you can move the tool rest completely out of the way. It won't be in your way for wheel changes, trust me!

[David Hostetler]

If you do turning as well, I would suggest the Wolverine System from OneWay, or the PSI 4pc sharpening / grinding jig system (their copy of the Wolverine system).

[Jason White]

I have one and it works great!

Jason


I am in need of a tool rest to add to my grinder that is currently useless for sharpening chisels and plane blades as there is no tool rest on it. Instead of buying a new grinder that may come with a rest I was thinking of buying the Veritas Grinder tool rest. Has anyone had any experience with this tool rest and is it worth adding to my grinder opposed to buying a new grinder?

Tool Rest (http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=32972&cat=1,43072,45938&pb=1#pb)

[Grant Wilkinson]

I have one and use it all the time. I've adapted it to use with my Wolverine System so that I can move it from one wheel to the other in seconds.

[Peter Quinn]

Have it, love it. Replace the stock rest on my grinder this winter, should have done it years ago. Better rest than I cared to take the time to make.

[Josh Bowman]

I've got one with the grinding jig. I don't really use the grinding jig so much. But the rest is great. It's amazing how stable it is.

[Ross Canant]

Another option...
http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=72125

[Trevor Remster]

Use the coarsest grit wheel you can find for the initial bevel, as this will reduce the risk of overheating your tool edge(doesn't eliminate the risk though) and speed up the process. It is pretty easy to find the Norton 3X 60grit-I grade wheels, but 46grit is also available. I found the 46grit wheels at Tools For Working Wood. You can go straight from this wheel to the stones, or whatever honing method you use.

http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/Merchant/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=toolshop&Product_Code=NO-WHEEL3X.XX&Category_Code=TH

[Eddie Darby]

If you own, or are planning on owning a Tormek or one of it's clones, then this might be an option worth checking out.

http://www.tormek.com/en/accessories/bgm100/index.php