Diamonds Are A Tool’s Best Friend
by Benjamen Johnson
Sharpening hand tools takes either skill and practice or expensive equipment. And unless you’re going to recreate the bevel free-hand, setting up the guide also takes time. M.Power designed their Precision Sharpening System (PSS1) to provide an easy and inexpensive way to quickly put the edge back on your tools.
Instead of running the tool across a diamond abrasive stone, M.Power’s PSS1 holds the tool stationary and you move the diamond stone across the cutting edge. You can sharpen chisels and plane irons from 1/8″ to 2-1/2″ wide.
M.Power machines the PSS1 from solid aluminum and anodizes it with a hard wearing finish. The carriage magnetically holds the DMT monocrystalline diamond abrasive stone while it rides on dovetail rails made from nylon 66. The carriage also allows you to easily change the sharpening angle from 25° to 30°.
To use the PSS1 simply insert the correct stone into the carriage — coarser if the tool is dull or finer if the edge just needs touching up — and place the tool flat against the PSS1 bed, butting it up against the fence. Then glide the carriage along the track. Switch to the next grit and repeat until your edge is keen.
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