Saturday, April 1, 2023

Holder for my sharpening stones


 I had made one from pine, but I wanted to move a stone to the top & sharpen on top.

This one is oak  I have the xx-course at the bottom, honing & polishing stones in the middle and a rubber mat and leather strop in the other shelf.


Two stops to hold the stones in place for sharpening


I made it too short so I added some to the end.  It needs to be short enough that the stones stick out the end a bit but long enough to hold it for sharpening.




The shelves are boring maple.



I started with this and angled a plane on the bench to get


It was a quick build.  

I recently acquired a thickness planer which makes processing raw wood much quicker.  Its good enough that sometimes I don't need to touch it up.