Rochester Woodworkers Society


Setting up for the Sharpening workshop at Woodcraft	The workshop drew 23 attendees	The opening presentation was by Don Cole, a metallurgist	Don covered the basics of tool steels and their care

Kurt Hertzog followed with a talk on grinding wheels and stones	An explanation on how a grinding wheel cuts material	A comparison of different tools to different grinding wheels	Ralph Mosher did a presentation on sharpening turning tools

Of particular importance was the desired shapes and angles	Ralph demonstrates the Ellsworth jig for doing Irish grinds	Here Ralph shows his technique for gouge sharpening...	and his method for putting a burr on a scraper

Some of the class checks out the results	The importance of a good tool rest is often overlooked	It was a "hands on" day so students were welcome to try	As usual, the lunch featured DiBella's subs
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Photos by Ralph Mosher & Kurt Hertzog

Sharpening Workshop