05-26-2017, 06:26 PM
Thanks for the kind words grepper! Sometimes it's a lot less than that in a week, other times a lot more. My business is still pretty young so the experience level is still quite low. I'm always learning something new and things like the *toothy edge* chatter has felt like atoms being split in my head.
I can't realy say for sure what hasn't worked for me, though if you wanna hear about TIN engine in a Sprinter I'll tell you all about it!!! Sorry.
I've been using a Viel and its knife guide edge leading into the belt against the platen. "Loose machining" & less expensive steel require some modifications to use the guide and I'll share that some other time. I've tried and continue to expiriment with other belts, but have been using a combination of worn/fresh and some coated with rouge- r203 120 grit zirc and a45, a16, a6, and using a big leather strop on wood with pink rouge if there is still any sign of an existing bur. In recent months I've been skipping a few grits while chasing the toothy edge dream and equally as much a bur! Gone from dragging it through wood, a pass on the leather tormek wheel, back to wood, pant leg, Palm, anything in sight that looks like it wants to help! I won't know for sure until I pony up and get a bess machine to test, but so far looking at the edge in a high powered loupe and some trusting feed back, one or two passes edge leading from an a6 (straight from 120) seems to clean the bur up pretty nice leaving just a few stragglers hanging about to get whisked quickly away in one or two hand strops. Oh, and very bright LEDs mounted in my van not only helps seeing a lot while sharpening it also makes even the smallest bur visible.
Being mobile has definitely made it easier for me to sharpen a lot in a day, but in the early days I wouldn't make enough to pay for gas, or a sandwich. Then the door to door started becoming "wait, are you that guy....?" Word of mouth, making some time to shoot the bull and chat with folks, mixed with a little bit of quality sharpening I guess is my best answer.
I can't realy say for sure what hasn't worked for me, though if you wanna hear about TIN engine in a Sprinter I'll tell you all about it!!! Sorry.
I've been using a Viel and its knife guide edge leading into the belt against the platen. "Loose machining" & less expensive steel require some modifications to use the guide and I'll share that some other time. I've tried and continue to expiriment with other belts, but have been using a combination of worn/fresh and some coated with rouge- r203 120 grit zirc and a45, a16, a6, and using a big leather strop on wood with pink rouge if there is still any sign of an existing bur. In recent months I've been skipping a few grits while chasing the toothy edge dream and equally as much a bur! Gone from dragging it through wood, a pass on the leather tormek wheel, back to wood, pant leg, Palm, anything in sight that looks like it wants to help! I won't know for sure until I pony up and get a bess machine to test, but so far looking at the edge in a high powered loupe and some trusting feed back, one or two passes edge leading from an a6 (straight from 120) seems to clean the bur up pretty nice leaving just a few stragglers hanging about to get whisked quickly away in one or two hand strops. Oh, and very bright LEDs mounted in my van not only helps seeing a lot while sharpening it also makes even the smallest bur visible.
Being mobile has definitely made it easier for me to sharpen a lot in a day, but in the early days I wouldn't make enough to pay for gas, or a sandwich. Then the door to door started becoming "wait, are you that guy....?" Word of mouth, making some time to shoot the bull and chat with folks, mixed with a little bit of quality sharpening I guess is my best answer.