Thread: Sharpening Jig

Don't know about that one specifically, but I have the woodcut tru-grind, which seems to be very similar. They're quite a useful jig and I get *much* better results with mine that freehand (due in large part to me being rubbish at free hand )

After been reading a few other threads around at the moment, and I am actually thinking of buying a couple of the jigs to permanntly set them for my favourite gouges - almost no setup time and absolute bang on consistency.

Cheers,
Dave

As Dave says, there are plenty of jigs like this on the market. They all work on the same principal but have their own little variations on the theme.

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Does anyone have suggestions on what and where I can buy a effective jig rather than the homemade one I am trying to use.

Cheers Ian

As Dave said, the Woodcut Tru-grind; should be readily avail. in Australia.

Otherwise a jig isn't really needed for a simple lady finger grind on a gouge or for skews, and a $40 platform will serve as a rest. It's all I used for years.

Ian....I have a Sharpening Device very broadly fitting your description.viz The Uni-Jig 5: it is designed and manufactured by Gorgi Arman of New South Wales. I got it in Perth Western Australia some years ago, however the back page of the Instruction Manual states it is Distributed by The Woodturning Centre of Brookvale NSW. Tel: 02 9938 6699. I find it to be great and very easy to use.

Regards...George
PS...will you check your emails to 043 Turning regarding a query I have

Carba-Tec have the Woodcut Tru-grind for $179.
Cheers Elderly

Uni-jig was good but no longer made unfortunately.

As others have said, it looks similiar to the TruGrind jig. I have one, and I love it! For somebody who can't sharpen, I can use it to achieve repeatable results every time.

Money well spent I say. Without it, I would be grinding down expensive chisels trying to get a decend grind. With this, you only have to grind off what you absolutely have to.

I have massive respect for people who can sharpen freehand and get their good results. But for me, thats just not going to happen, and these jigs are great.

Nathan.

There is 2 jigs that cover most types of grinds

The Sabre jig will do all the standard grind shapes for your gouges and has the other advantage of holding the skew chisel at the right angle for both sides. It also has a square jig for the parting tools etc and also plane blades.

What the Trugrind jig does is enables you to shape the swept back style of grind sometimes called the Irish grind, or lady finger grind.

Some dont like the way it grinds the skew chisel as it give a slight radius.

All jigs have the ability to give you repeatability which can be hard with freehand grinding.

Thanks Everyone for your imput and I appreciate all your opinions. it appears now I have made up my mind to go with the tru grind sharpening System as soon as I recieve payment on some pens i made for a recent order. Then I will be giving you a call Jim and arrange to get one.


Cheers

Ian