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Made his little gizmo a while back:

http://www.theluthierblog.com/articles/ ... ne-blades/

It's ok but not perfect. Any suggestions to improve it? I can post them on TLB.

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nigel

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I've been doing it freehand, the leather wheel on the tormek really makes a nice edge.
Saw this and thinking about giving it a whirl

Nigel and Clinch, I'm glad you both posted these gizmos. I've never seen anything quite like Nigel's, but it looks very handy to me. I've seen LOTS of variations of Clinch's post, and I've been intending to make some for various tools on my water grinder. I already have a jig to hold flat blades on the grinder, but have been thinking of something like this for gouges. My concept is a clamping disk, but with a "V" cut into it rather than a circular hole. I would clamp the tool in the jig with a thumbscrew similar to the pictures above. Seems like one size would fit all that way--but I haven't done a real field test to prove my concept yet.

I would not attempt to roll the jig on the grinder's bar. Instead, it would be a stop collar that would butt against the bar. Then the gouge blade would be rotated over the top of the bar. What do you guys think of that concept?

Neat jig.
I use this for my thumb/miniature planes.

Kell honing guide.
Works pretty good, but it doesn't do curved cutting edges.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

I've been doing my thumb plane blades free hand but some of these jigs are giving me ideas. I learned to sharpen free hand and can do a good job but since I've started using a guide on my larger planes/chisels I am getting more consistent results.

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

These could easily be sharpened without any gizmos using a WorkSharp. Of course, then you have to buy a WorkSharp!