Thought I'd share a few pics of the tool rest for my bench grinder in case it might be useful for someone in the future. I made it up out of bits of scrap metal I had lying around the workshop. Didn't go overboard with making it look pretty - it sits next to my old grinder I got from Fleabay, newly fitted out with a Norton 3x wheel.
The rest is allows me to set it to what ever angle I want from 90 degrees centrally up to suitable angles for blade sharpening. The whole rest slides on the base board and is held in place with a threaded rod that rides in a groove in the base. I also made a little square out of some aluminium which you can see in the third pic
Just tried it out with its first plane blade and all works fine(ish). I think my Norton wheel needs a little more work to get it totally true.
I've got a lot of planes and chisels waiting to be sharpened so it'll get put through its paces in the next week!
Dav
The rest is allows me to set it to what ever angle I want from 90 degrees centrally up to suitable angles for blade sharpening. The whole rest slides on the base board and is held in place with a threaded rod that rides in a groove in the base. I also made a little square out of some aluminium which you can see in the third pic
Just tried it out with its first plane blade and all works fine(ish). I think my Norton wheel needs a little more work to get it totally true.
I've got a lot of planes and chisels waiting to be sharpened so it'll get put through its paces in the next week!
Dav