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Offline David Price

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SHARPENING JIG
« on: July 31, 2009, 01:50:32 AM »

I bought one of these sharpening jigs at Woodcraft a few years ago, but they don't carry them anymore.   Some time ago someone here on ALR said where they could be purchased other than at Woodcraft.   I would appreciate  it  if you could post that information  again.


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Offline T*O*F

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Re: SHARPENING JIG
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2009, 02:44:53 AM »
David,
Just about any online engraver supplier carries them.  They are called a Crocker style jig
Gesswein has them  www.gesswein.com

They are probably good for chisels, but they suck for sharpening gravers.
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Re: SHARPENING JIG
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2009, 08:09:19 PM »

TOF,
Thanks for the information, just what I needed.
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Re: SHARPENING JIG
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2009, 09:40:21 PM »
TOF   Thanks for the info.  Just for giggles what do you use for engravers.  I was thinking about buying one of these for engravers.  I currently use the stone and screw like Jack Brooks suggest in his video.  I am hoping there is something better.  I do not mean to hijack this thread.

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Offline T*O*F

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Re: SHARPENING JIG
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2009, 11:51:07 PM »
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Just for giggles what do you use for engravers.
Ed,
I use 1/8" HSS lathe bits set into aluminum handles with a set screw.  Getting repeatable angles when sharpening was almost impossible with the Crocker setup.  I recently bought a set of Lindsay's sharpening jigs which are excellent, but I have to switch to 3/32" tips which it appears are only available thru him at $5 each, as opposed to $0.48 each for the 1/8" ones.

I approached Steve about offering 1/8" collets for his system, but he didn't seem amenible to that and I haven't yet figured out how to modify his collets to fit.
Otherwise, I will have to make all new handles to fit the smaller bits.
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Offline rsells

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Re: SHARPENING JIG
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2009, 05:46:09 AM »
If my mind serves me right I  baught one just like the one in the photo about four years ago from a company called Engraver or something like that.  I can't find the small soft back catalog I used to order the tool. Sorry.
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Re: SHARPENING JIG
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2009, 03:08:57 PM »
In Jack Brooks video he spoke of a MO-MAX bit and had a neat little metal tool holder for it.
Does anyone here know where to get both; or have a link?

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Offline wormey

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Re: SHARPENING JIG
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2009, 07:04:34 PM »
Midway, USA carries these as well as about anything else you might need in the tool category.  Good prices and they ship quickly.
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Re: SHARPENING JIG
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2009, 03:28:32 PM »
Tin Star
    I bought Mo Max from Grainger or MSC.  I can't remember which one but one of the mill supply house's has them in their catalog.


TOF Thanks for the information.

Ed
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Re: SHARPENING JIG
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2009, 11:23:52 PM »
David, I bought one of these Crocker fixtures from Gesswein, a high quality jewelry house. The jig was so bad, I returned it. All the bored holes were crooked,and tappings must have been done by eye, the clamp to hold the tools would not hold anything the same way twice. I was very disappointed.  Made in a country far, far away.
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Re: SHARPENING JIG
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2009, 07:05:28 AM »
Brownells, sells them too, that' where I got mine..
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