08-02-2019, 11:53 AM
Thanks, EOU. As you can tell, I do enjoy the sharing, according to my daughter - to a fault 
Grepper. I think you are spot on with the cautionary approach. My shopvac is on the larger size, stainless steel tank, but it uses a big paper filter bag over the intake. Dust from woodworking and now anything vacuumed (wasps included) go into a first stage cyclone separator, a Dust Deputy on a 5-gal. bucket. There is always a pile of wood dust in there, hardly any of it reaching the SV bag, which is a very good thing.
I have almost no run-time on the Viel yet, but due to its variable speed, I've only used it so far on the slowest speed. I have not noticed any sparks, but I haven't really taken of a lot of metal with it yet. Here is a junker knife I had lying around. It used to be serrated with a bolster.
Great test bed. I am wondering about how wide the bevel is, even though it is at 12º, the blade is not very thick. I did notice more difficulty working the curved and tip sections, more so than on the Tormek, keeping the angle and bevel width reasonable. It felt as if there wasn't the same "space" for lifting and pivoting.
These pruning shears are the only other thing I have sharpened so far, just a quick job to get an edge on them to trim some branches so my daughter can make "Crayon twigs" for one of the Art Camp sessions she has been doing all summer. No interest or attempt to refine the edge on anything but the 120 grit belt on the Viel.
I am thinking a bucket with counter current air flow, similar to your design may be in order. Have you considered putting anything into the water at the bottom of the bucket to impede rust? I am wondering about lacing it with anti-freeze.
Rick
Grepper. I think you are spot on with the cautionary approach. My shopvac is on the larger size, stainless steel tank, but it uses a big paper filter bag over the intake. Dust from woodworking and now anything vacuumed (wasps included) go into a first stage cyclone separator, a Dust Deputy on a 5-gal. bucket. There is always a pile of wood dust in there, hardly any of it reaching the SV bag, which is a very good thing.
I have almost no run-time on the Viel yet, but due to its variable speed, I've only used it so far on the slowest speed. I have not noticed any sparks, but I haven't really taken of a lot of metal with it yet. Here is a junker knife I had lying around. It used to be serrated with a bolster.
Great test bed. I am wondering about how wide the bevel is, even though it is at 12º, the blade is not very thick. I did notice more difficulty working the curved and tip sections, more so than on the Tormek, keeping the angle and bevel width reasonable. It felt as if there wasn't the same "space" for lifting and pivoting.
These pruning shears are the only other thing I have sharpened so far, just a quick job to get an edge on them to trim some branches so my daughter can make "Crayon twigs" for one of the Art Camp sessions she has been doing all summer. No interest or attempt to refine the edge on anything but the 120 grit belt on the Viel.
I am thinking a bucket with counter current air flow, similar to your design may be in order. Have you considered putting anything into the water at the bottom of the bucket to impede rust? I am wondering about lacing it with anti-freeze.
Rick