81 - Ultimate Sharpening Station, страница 24
sharpening This adjustable stone holder will keep your sharpening stone steady as a rock. If you've ever tried to do any sharpening on top of your workbench, you probably know how frustrating it can be. First, with the sharpening stone sitting on the surface of the bench, there's just not enough knuckle room to sharpen comfortably. Then there's the mess it creates. And most annoying of all, I feel like I'm chasing the stone alJ over the bench as it slides around while I'm sharpening. Fortunately, this sharpening stone holder solves all those problems. The stone rests on a wide platform and is held in place by a simple system of wedges and cleats. Flutes in the platform catch any slurry that may run off the stone, keeping your workbench from getting messy. And a pair of 24 ShopNotes No. 81 supports lift the platform and stone up off your workbench to a more comfortable working height. Platform. To make the stone holder, I started with the platform. As you can see in the drawing on the opposite page, this is nothing more than a piece of hardwood. The flutes are made on the router table, using a core box bit. Then two rows of holes are drilled in the platform to hold an adjustable cleat that is added later. Add the Supports. The platform rests on a pair of L-shaped supports. As the drawing on the opposite page shows, there's not much to making the supports. Each one is made up of two pieces — a vertical leg and a horizontal foot. The feet allow you to clamp ▲ Wedges Hold the Stone Tight. A pair of wedges hold the sharpening stone tightly against an adjustable cleat at the other end. |
