Product Does this work?

[Susquatch]

Just drag the knife through a couple times. Also the two carbide inserts can be rotated to give the tool new life.

My wife would ruin our knives with that. She couldn't hold a knife vertical if her life depended on it. Our bread, cheese, and tomatoes always looks like the leaning tower of pizza. The kids and I laugh about it. No idea how to fix that. Can't hang pictures straight either. Good thing walls have corners! Otherwise the paint and wallpaper would all be on angles too!

 

[Mcgyver]

Don't know, but their market blurb is pure, unadulterated BS. Kind of surprises me coming from them

Applying a very different concept in sharpening, the sub-micron carbide blade in this sharpener shaves the steel rather than abrades it. The action is like using a cabinet scraper instead of sandpaper to smooth wood

 

[Mcgyver]

Tormek makes accessories but its an expensive setup

I'm thinking the offshore version would serve as well the Tormek, like the crappy tire one, as there is not much to these things..... except the lack of accessories ..... but alas, we have machine shops!

Here's my wheel dresser for example, what a difference concentricity and exposed fresh grit makes. Crudely made to get into production quickly....but more solid I think than Tormeks and works well. Because of clearance between wheel and shaft it definitely benefits from truing before first use

 

[Susquatch]

Here's my wheel dresser for example, what a difference concentricity and exposed fresh grit makes.

Gunna need more details on that cool Gizmo Mike!

 

[PeterT]

It looks like the thumbscrew is displacing the diamond dressing point along the wheel via a threaded rod? Nice gadget.
@Mcgyver is that a Tormek or a CanTire sharpening unit?

 

[CWret]

Don't know, but their market blurb is pure, unadulterated BS. Kind of surprises me coming from them

Agreed- their description of the carbide inserts is truly BS - BUT - the LV Chestnut Sharpener works great. I have bought more than a dozen of them as an inexpensive gift. I have: one in the kitchen; one in the shop; and one at the cabin. I’ll even give you a money back guarantee - if you use it (so that it can’t be returned to LV) and you don’t like it, I will buy it from you.

 

[Susquatch]

I’ll even give you a money back guarantee - if you use it (so that it can’t be returned to LV) and you don’t like it, I will buy it from you.

Are all CHMW Members eligible for that offer? 😉

 

[Mcgyver]

Peter, its a Canadian tire wet grinder, Mcgyver'd wheel dresser 🙂 dressing point fixed in a block that traverses the wheel via screw. Frame locked to arm via split cotter.

 

[CWret]

Are all CHMW Members eligible for that offer? 😉

Good point!
Yes for first half dozen- they pay shipping cost and i will reimburse full purchase price including taxes.

 

[Susquatch]

Good point!
Yes for first half dozen- they pay shipping cost and i will reimburse full purchase price including taxes.

Why do we have to pay shipping? That doesn't sound like very good customer service to me......

 

[PeterT]

Peter, its a Canadian tire wet grinder, Mcgyver'd wheel dresser 🙂 dressing point fixed in a block that traverses the wheel via screw. Frame locked to arm via split cotter.

Must be this one? That's even cheaper than some of the 'Chormek' models I was eyeing. The reviews said Tormek accessories don't fit which, like you say, who cares we can make our own.
Have you upgraded the wheel or have any insight if Tormek wheels can be swapped? Maybe that's where some of the other clones differ.

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[Susquatch]

Must be this one? That's even cheaper than some of the 'Chormek' models I was eyeing.

@Mcgyver and Peter. I have the same grinder branded and sold by Busy Bee. Happy to take measurements or provide any info you guys want.

FWIW, I know that Grizzly also sells their version of this grinder.

 

[skippyelwell]

Most scissors have a sharp edge that is straight. Bypass pruners have a curved blade which makes maintaining a constant sharpening angle more challenging than for normal scissors. Suggestions welcomed!View attachment 69121

I might be able to help here, I've spent 40 odd years as a professional gardener, yes there is actually money in it.
I have been through multiple pairs of Felco secateurs, I've never worn out a pair I just loose them.
I've tried every way of sharpening the blade and best two methods both require you dismantle the tool.

If the blade needs sharpening then the grease well probably also needs cleaning and dressing.
When your wife bought the secateurs they would have come with a supplied tool for dismantling, the little steel tab on my key ring. That's all you need.

Clamp the round part of the blade in a vise and use one long stroke of a file to do the whole curve of the blade.
Don't file the flat side of the blade!
If you're lazy like me and have a belt sander then all you do is use your wrist to turn the blade.
Trying to sharpen the blade while it is all assembled can be done in a pinch but you can only sharpen some of the blade and that will have to be corrected when you disassemble.

There is a tiny notch on the blade right down at the base, that's for cutting wire.
The picture you posted is of the most common model #2 but model #8 is a much better design for people with smaller hands and for all day pruning.
My picture is of a pair of #8's

 

[Susquatch]

I might be able to help here, I've spent 40 odd years as a professional gardener, yes there is actually money in it.

Well I like that intro!

I'm just guessing that gardening is different from farming in at least a few noteable ways.

I'd love to know what a professional gardener does and how that is different from farming. Curious minds need to know these things!

 

[6.5 Fan]

I've spent 40 odd years as a professional gardener,

I was a professional farmer for over 40 years, i'm a piss poor gardener though. 🙄

 

[Gennady]

this sort of sharpening tool:

I have it - it was really impulse buying. It works (mediocre) by scraping tiny metal shaves off the blade. Level is inconsistent, sharpness is varies alond the blade.

 

[skippyelwell]

Well I like that intro!

I'm just guessing that gardening is different from farming in at least a few noteable ways.

I'd love to know what a professional gardener does and how that is different from farming. Curious minds need to know these things!

I take care of gardens for the wealthy, I manicure, primp and make the gardens look as tidy and well organized as the inside of their house, that's about it.

I use to like gardening, now it's just a job and one hope to retire from in the next few years.
I can't help you with anything to do with corn, soybeans or any other real crops, outdoor ornamental plants are my bread and butter, it's a living. As soon as I get home each day I'm in the shop building or repairing some contraption.

Much respect for real farmers though.

 

[Janger]

I have tried to use her LH scissors with my right hand, and found cutting even basic printer paper to be a challenge, as soon as I switched to my non dominant hand, the result was immediate...so maybe there's something in how the shears interact with one another, based on how the user applies force...
The Mrs has also noticed using RH scissors in her dominant paw gives her the same struggle, but if she uses her right...it's not pretty to watch, but she can at least cut paper
I wonder if the blades are assembled in reverse as well hhmm 😵

Yup. if you use regular scissors in your left hand watch carefully and you can see and feel how your hand forces the blades apart instead of pushing them together. Try it! Hence why they work so poorly when used left handed. The paper tends to slide between the blades instead of cutting. You can partly 'fix' that by flipping the scissors over and putting your thumb through the large handle and your fingers into the small handle. But the blade still hides your view of the cut. So the blades are mirrored on left handed scissors! very tricky. so changing the handles is not enough.