Glaser V15/2060 - Ceramic SG Wheels

[devonpalmer]

Greets all,

I attended a fantastic Stewart Batty demo last weekend in Columbus OH, inwhich he discussed tool steel(s) and sharpening methods. He stated that harder/tougher steel alloys such as V15 and 2060, were not effectively sharpened by aluminum oxide wheels as they merely chipped the cutting edge (on a very small scale) and did not cut it as it would HSS/A11/2030 - in effect V15/2060 are too hard for AO wheels.

This being said: I went home, put a clean edge on my Glaser V15, chewed up some wood, then honed the edge and cut some more - and WOW, what a difference a hone makes with this tool! I haven't noticed the same improvement with honing HSS.

Anyone had any experience with SG wheels? any good suppliers? Should I switch to A11/2030 for new tools and just hone the V15? Any guides on Alloys and their specific hardening techniques?

Also, I noticed that Packard is now selling SG sandpaper (Similar to Norton 3X), unfortunately its only stickyback and not hook/loop/newwave 🙂, hopefully they will develop this soon.

- Devo

 

[Tony Reynolds]

Hi Devo,
That was a great demo! I also took the 2 day class before the demo and was overwhelmed with info and practice. Stuart is a bundle of energy. ( must be all that tea ).

I think I saw in the new Packard catalog the SG wheels. I believe Craft Supplies also carry them.

Tony

 

[Steve Worcester]

The Oneway wheels, as far as I can tell, are the same thing. A bit cheaper also.

 

[Dr_dewey]

Honing directions and what grit

Just started to try to hone my tools, Assume you move the slip in the same direction as the grind wheel?? this is to keep the wire or reform it?? Presently using #1000, should it be finer?

 

[devonpalmer]

Honing Sites

Here are some GREAT sharpening sites,

http://www.laymar-crafts.co.uk/linkn.htm

My favorite link from this:
http://www.woodcentral.com/articles/glaser1.shtml

One for honing, unfortunately not specific to gouges:

http://www.antiquetools.com/sharp/index.html