Sharpening workshop tools is probably the most diverse of all workshop activities and the one that is least understood by the majority of workshop owners. This is not unreasonable in view of the wide range of equipment suggested for the task, ranging from the complex (typically an industrial tool and cutter grinder) through to the humble off hand grinder. This book illustrates how most sharpening tasks can be carried out using an off hand grinder and a few simply made accessories to a standard comparable to that achieved using much more sophisticated equipment. Follow the instructions in this book and working with blunt tools will be a thing of the past! "The Workshop Practice Series" is the world's leading range of books for model engineers and mechanical crafts: some of the books have been in print for 50 years; most of them still reprint every 18 months. It is fully illustrated step-by-step with photographs and technical drawings.

Table of Contents

1. Sharpening - An Introduction 2. Drill Sharpening 3. Grinding Rests 4. Sharpening Lathe Tools 5. Sharpening End Mills 6. Other Milling Cutters 7. Small Workshop Tools 8. Woodworking Tools 9. Making a Grinding Rest 10. Making the End Mill Sharpening Accessory 11. Making Simple Accessories for the Grinding Rest 12. Making Drill Sharpening Accessories 13. A Tool and Cutter Grinding Head

About the Author

Author Harold Hall has established his reputation as a mentor to tyro engineers through the pages of Model Engineers' Workshop of which he was the editor for a number of years and through his other two titles in the Workshop Practice series, Lathework: A Complete Course and Milling: A Complete Course.