Sharpening Glass???

[Mark Rios]

Would you folks kindly give me your favorite or optimal glass dimensions and type for sharpening? Tempered? Float? etc?........

Thanks very much.

[Cecil Arnold]

I use 1/4" plate about 12X12" but would like something bigger even though it would create a storage problem

[Jamie Buxton]

Do you know a shop that fabricates granite slab counters? The scrap in their dumpster would do you just fine. Good price, too.

[Bruce Wrenn]

Local glass place will make a 8" X24"-1/4" thich with polished edges for less than twenty bucks. Buying several drastically lowers price. Also not being in a hurry helps on price. Old crank out windows from doors are excellent also.

[glenn bradley]

I used 1/4" plate and have a separate piece for each grit; 6" x 14" (all three for about $20, cut to size with the edges smoothed). This makes storage easier than a piece of glass 14" x 24" or whatever. They stack easily on a shelf. You can see here:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=37548

how I mounted them to wood strips with a retaining strip at each end in case I ever break a piece of the glass. As the abrasive wears out at the +/- 2" end where I sharpen, I just cut it off with a razor knife, clean off the adhesive with some alcohol and carry on.

Since the pictures in the thread I have added 2 pieces of marble tile with the coarser grits (220 and 400) on them for tools that have gone "beyond a quick honing". The marble is not as smooth as glass but more than adequate for the coarser grits.

[Lee Schierer]

I have a piece of 3/8 plate glass that I picked up at the Five Barns picnic a few years ago. Used it last night for a tune up before this years picnic.

You can also go to the BORGs and buy a piece of marble floor tile. They are flat enough for your sharpening purposes.

[John Gregory]

I used 1/4" plate and have a separate piece for each grit; 6" x 14" (all three for about $20, cut to size with the edges smoothed). This makes storage easier than a piece of glass 14" x 24" or whatever. They stack easily on a shelf. You can see here:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=37548

how I mounted them to wood strips with a retaining strip at each end in case I ever break a piece of the glass. As the abrasive wears out at the +/- 2" end where I sharpen, I just cut it off with a razor knife, clean off the adhesive with some alcohol and carry on.

Since the pictures in the thread I have added 2 pieces of marble tile with the coarser grits (220 and 400) on them for tools that have gone "beyond a quick honing". The marble is not as smooth as glass but more than adequate for the coarser grits.

Glenn, what three grits do you usually use to maintain the edge?

[Russ Filtz]

Wrong thread. I thought you were going to ask about sharpening a piece of glass, not sharpening "on" glass! :p

[Mark Rios]

Wrong thread. I thought you were going to ask about sharpening a piece of glass, not sharpening "on" glass! :p
No problem. We could talk about that too. :D

[Frank Fusco]

Wrong thread. I thought you were going to ask about sharpening a piece of glass, not sharpening "on" glass! :p



Same here. Helps when folks tell what they are talking about up front. :rolleyes:

[glenn bradley]

John G,

I use 220 and then 400 to prep if the surface has been abused. For blades in good shape that have previously been SS'd I use "3M" microabrasive film at 15, 5 and then point 3 micron. I almost threw the point 3 paper away when I got my order thinking it was a packing seperator. Literally . . . the backing paper is more coarse than the cutting surface but, WHAT A SHINE!