03-10-2020, 05:49 PM
Chuckle, chuckle. At first, I thought about it bass-ackwards too.
In your Powered Sharpener Setup Recommendations thread, Mr. Jan showed how he had made a 15° wooden angle guide for his grinder, but the bevels were coming out between 10° and 12°. I replied to his post saying, “Of course, a tapered blade placed flat on a 15° surface would not produce a 15° bevel due to the angle of the taper of the blade. The weird thing is that I think that would increase bevel angle as opposed to decreasing it.”
http://bessex.com/forum/showthread.php?t...59#pid5259
Then I actually placed a blade on the Kallyrest and gave it a little look-see. I slapped my forehead and exclaimed, “doh!” shortly followed by,"duh!". For whatever reason, for me at least, it was natural to think about it backwards.
In your Powered Sharpener Setup Recommendations thread, Mr. Jan showed how he had made a 15° wooden angle guide for his grinder, but the bevels were coming out between 10° and 12°. I replied to his post saying, “Of course, a tapered blade placed flat on a 15° surface would not produce a 15° bevel due to the angle of the taper of the blade. The weird thing is that I think that would increase bevel angle as opposed to decreasing it.”
http://bessex.com/forum/showthread.php?t...59#pid5259
Then I actually placed a blade on the Kallyrest and gave it a little look-see. I slapped my forehead and exclaimed, “doh!” shortly followed by,"duh!". For whatever reason, for me at least, it was natural to think about it backwards.