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21st May 2006, 05:35 PM #1
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How to use a belt sander upside down.
Guys, I've got a number of kitchen knives I want to sharpen. Figured I'd use my belt sander to do it. As you know, belt sanders pack a fair amount of torque when they run so what's the best way to secure it to a bench so I can use it inverted? It's a DeWalt sander but I can't remember the model in case that's something you need to consider.
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21st May 2006, 06:04 PM #2
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The best thing to quickly sharpen knives is a tungsten carbide sharpener, available from carbatech etc or knife shops. The brand we have is swiss istor sharpener, finish off with a stone or steel if you wish. If you want to bugger them up by all means use a belt sander, but its a bit like using a cement mixer to make a cake.
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21st May 2006, 06:15 PM #3
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Point taken, especially the cement mixer.
Originally Posted by mic-d
The best thing to quickly sharpen knives is a tungsten carbide sharpener, available from carbatech etc or knife shops. The brand we have is swiss istor sharpener, finish off with a stone or steel if you wish. If you want to bugger them up by all means use a belt sander, but its a bit like using a cement mixer to make a cake.
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21st May 2006, 07:25 PM #4
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How to use a belt sander upside down.
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21st May 2006, 07:54 PM #5
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21st May 2006, 07:58 PM #6
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My Skil belt sander is designed to be clamped in an ordinary woodworkers vice - works a treat. I regularly use it for fine sanding of small pieces (of wood).
However for sharpening knives, failing a purpose built knife sharpener described by MIchael, or an oil stone, why not try a piece of fine sand paper, at least 320 grit glued to a piece of flat - something like glass sheet, or what have you.
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21st May 2006, 09:06 PM #7
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21st May 2006, 09:46 PM #8
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21st May 2006, 09:50 PM #9
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Silly Silly boy. Originally Posted by Carpenter
Can't you see this tosser-ite is from the OTHER hemisphere, he needs to put it in right way up, or it will be upside down.
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22nd May 2006, 12:21 AM #10
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My trusty old 4" Makita sits nice a squarely in it back but it tends to twist to one side and work itway forward if you put much pressure on the belt. So I made a low profile MDF box that surrounds the sander and hooks onto a vice. I guess I could just place it in the vice but I still have in mind when I clamped my uncles drill in a vice when I was 14, he was not amused.
As far as the knives go use anything else but the sander.
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22nd May 2006, 09:56 AM #11
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Why?:confused: Originally Posted by BobL
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22nd May 2006, 10:25 AM #12
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I sharpen all of my knives on a sander - admittedly it is a stationary sander (Multitool).
All of the knifemakers I know use belt sanders both to sharpen and profile (or at least clean up after forging). I also happen to know a lot of knifemakers.
I reckon that a belt sander is the perfect tool, although a wide belt might be a little scary?
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