Work Sharp Sharpening System - Manual (Page 7)

ting edge by shaping and honing the di-
agonal face. If you ever did need to rees-
tablish the flat on the top edge, that can
be done by placing that edge down
against the top surface of the glass plate.
If the width of the tool is not too
great and the angle of the di-
agonal face is one of the four
angles to which the built-in tool
rest can be set, you could use
that tool rest, hold the body of
this lathe tool against the fixed
fence and then just push the
face up against the abrasive
on the underside of the glass
plate, just as we did with the
chisel example.
There also is a port accessible
from the rear of the Work
Sharp which allows odd
shaped cutting tools to be
sharpened. In the photo below
no abrasive is mounted on the
glass plate so you can see
more easily what is going on.
The odd multiple bevel angle of this
gouge can be brought up through the rear
port to be flat against the underside of the
abrasive.
To make that both easy to do and easy to
see, the Work Sharp comes with a spe-
cially slotted wheel shown in this photo.
Slotted abrasives are adhered to this slot-
ted wheel, and it is mounted in place of
the glass plate as shown. When the slot-
ted wheel turns, you can see through the
moving slots and actually watch the cut-
ting edge of the tool as it is machined by
the slotted abrasive.