Mike's homemade linisher

[MikeG.]

Well, not quite. And not quite a Pro-Edge. But it's accurate, took me an hour to make, and I've reground all my chisels on it successfully. Start with my 20 year old belt sander stand:

Add a sturdy frame, braced, triangulated and doweled to the base board:

The guide end and the face of the sander are both absolutely square to the base board, and the angle of the guide is 30 degrees. One worn old 80 grit belt, and an hour later I had reground all of these:

Some of them had been in quite a state after kicking around my building site for 3 or 4 years, although the bench chisels (left hand 5) were almost spot on. This Marples was retrieved from a skip:

That's the reflection of the window you can see, not facets on the bevel. Anyway, there you go. If you struggle grinding a primary bevel on a bench grinder, and if you have a belt sander and some time, you need struggle no more.

 

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I think you took too much off that hammer handle Mike but each to his own i suppose

I think that deserves a couple OUT of the big bottle, a proper jig =D>

 

[deema]

Nice jig. I’ve done the same with the belt sander just held in the vice, your solution is far better. I managed to set my Makita on fire doing it though as the sparks set the saw dust alight. Luckily man and machine were unharmed.......

 

[MikeG.]

.......I think that deserves a couple of the big bottle.......

I don't know what that means, but thanks. I think. :lol:

 

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Hic!

 

[sammy.se]

Looks good. I don't have either a grinder or a belt sander yet.. leaning towards a belt sander for more versatility

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[doctor Bob]

I use my big fixed linisher to do drawer scoops and wine rack scoops, but for smaller ones like spice drawer racks I use the same method as above, jigsaw followed by fixed down belt sander.

 

[lurker]

Looks good. I don't have either a grinder or a belt sander yet.. leaning towards a belt sander for more versatility

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If you buy a belt sander make sure it's one that will lie on its back.

I have this one
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-06032A10 ... nder&psc=1

Bought 4 years ago and it's been a useful tool.
There are a couple of blind m screw threads on the top, I made (well botched) a bench top plate so the thing is held upside down and did much as Mike has done except the sanding plate is horizontal and parallel to my bench.
I was using it about 20 mins ago to sand off the feet of some things I have been turning.

 

[Trevanion]

I think at one point Makita did actually sell a stand for these belt sanders with a fence and all, It's very handy to have some kind of stationary sander like that!

 

[Ttrees]

Just a word of warning about using a belt sander for metal that has been used for wood.
It is definitely a fire hazard and can smolder undetected for a very long time, and is close to, if not impossible to put out without removing every single spec of dust.

Here's my belt disc combo that had a fire a while back after regrinding the primary on just one plane iron.
This generic belt/disc sander is such an awful design, that I had to cut holes to get access to the smoldering dust inside.
My head nearly went light from the plastic fumes, foolishly attempting dismantle the thing.
I had to bring it outside to clean it.
From then on my sander would never be bolted to its base again, and I acquired a bench grinder.

Tom

 

[John Brown]

Nice. That looks similar to my Makita 4" belt sander. I might be inspired to copy that.

 

[Orraloon]

Been there with the fire in belt/disc sander. Could have been worse if the dust extraction had been on. Had to toss the smoking machine out the door as there was a lot of wood shavings on the floor at the time. Saved the machine but that prompted me to get a grinder. The sander does do lovely flat bevels and I kinda miss those.
Regards
John

 

[ColeyS1]

Been there with the fire in belt/disc sander. Could have been worse if the dust extraction had been on. Had to toss the smoking machine out the door as there was a lot of wood shavings on the floor at the time.

"How to burn your workshop to the ground Mikes way" lol


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[MikeG.]

Highly sophisticated spark deflector:

I reckon that took care of 95% of the sparks, and with a clean machine and no collecting bag, hopefully you lot can sleep easy in your beds tonight.

 

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That's just showing off, looks more like Festoolery now!

 

[Bm101]

Highly sophisticated spark deflector:
I reckon that took care of 95% of the sparks, and with a clean machine and no collecting bag, hopefully you lot can sleep easy in your beds tonight.

Don't you mean 'Highly sophisticated multi-application, spark deflecting and fire retarding*,multi-angle jig. Choose your two favourite angles! Cut them your self! Make multiple multi-angled fire protecting* multi-angle jigs! With a little User end application the possibilities are endlessly multipliable!!!
This application ALSO allows you to choose the belt direction you wish to work at.
Yes.
Really.
Match that Sorby! Match that Tormek!'

*95% Safe. Mostly.
Under stringent and ongoing HSE approved testing criteria. Nearly definitely true.

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Looks a cracker Mike. Technically speaking though, you have 1 more new tool though. Just saying.

 

[MikeG.]

........ Technically speaking though, you have 1 more new tool though. Just saying.

:lol: :lol: Technically speaking, that's a jig, not a tool.

As it happens, I've just bought a couple of old gouges, so yeah.....a couple of new (old) tools. Coincidentally, this jig seems to have come along at a pretty good time to deal with some old and abused gouges. Hope they should be ground to 25 degrees, otherwise we're into theme-and-variation.