Spring 2 2010 Meeting Photos

[Bill Minnick]

Tod shows group a typical grinding wheel that he uses to sharpen profiles.

Shown is the Stanley 45 plane blade after grinding and buffing.

 

[Bill Minnick]

Tod's Buffing Station

Tod demonstrates how buffing wheel fits inside blade profile.

 

[Bill Minnick]

David Conley Sharpening Program

David explains Veritas Power Sharpening System.

David uses his Tormek jigs to hold the tools when using the Veritas Sharpening System.

 

[Bill Minnick]

David flattens the back of his plane blade on an 8000-grit waterstone.

 

[Bill Minnick]

To flatten his 8000-grit waterstone, David adds pencil lines to the surface and uses a special truing stone shown on the right.

David flattens the 8000-grit waterstone by rubbing it across the truing stone. When all pencil lines are gone, David knows the surface is flat.

 

[Bill Minnick]

David uses the Veritas Sharpening System to sharpen a gouge.