Homemade gouge sharpening jig

[Joe Mindell]

Merry xmas everyone!
I'd like to step up to a jig to help sharpen my gouges. Up to now I've been doing it freehand with mixed results and much wasted metal. I can't afford one of the commercial jigs at the moment (spent all my money on turning tools and the lathe...) so I was wondering if anyone has plans or instructions for building one from scratch
Thanks in advance..
Joe Mindell

[Mike Lawler]

can't remember the rules about links here, so do a google search under king heiple jig

that is the one I made.

[Boyd Gathwright]

Hi Joe,
.... What kind of commercial jigs did you have in mind that could possibly be handmade or duplicated? I, too, would be interested in that same sort of thing. Most recently, I came across a Handmade bench sander by Allen Bookout on another forum, “familywoodworking.com”, which was super NEAT. I thought, the name of the thread was “Shop made 12” disk sander”. To be specific, I would like to find plans or an original copy of a jig that is simple to make that will rough-in router blades before fine honing. A universal jig that could have other versions or even uses as well, for example, sharping mower blades etc.

Merry Christmas back to you as well.

Boyd


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Merry xmas everyone!
I'd like to step up to a jig to help sharpen my gouges. Up to now I've been doing it freehand with mixed results and much wasted metal. I can't afford one of the commercial jigs at the moment (spent all my money on turning tools and the lathe...) so I was wondering if anyone has plans or instructions for building one from scratch
Thanks in advance..
Joe Mindell

[Wes Bischel]

There are a few types out there - Mike mentioned King Heiple's which is an Ellsworth type.
There are also a few wolverine style jigs:
http://wood.box23.net/?p=48
http://www.atbq.qc.ca/jm2/woodturnjigs.htm - by Jean michel

Jim Ketron helped me build a wolverine style like his:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=9657
(thanks again Jim!)

Jim made his from steel stock, the others are made with wood.

FWIW,
Wes

[Jim Becker]

can't remember the rules about links here

Links are encouraged. Only links to other forums, auctions and links that are blatantly commercial/promotional are prohibited.

Jim
SMC Moderator

[Clem Wixted]

Joe,

Here is a link to a shopmade sharpening system:

http://www.aroundthewoods.com/sharpening01.html

Darrell Feltmate has a lot of other great tips and instructions as well as other shopmade tools on his site.

Clem