sharpening wheel marking gauges

Just stick it in a drill or drill press and use the appropriate abrasive.
Shouldn't take you more than a minute to get a scary sharp edge.

John Thomas wrote:

> Or just buy new disk(s) from LV? They are not that expensive, and it'd
> be a good excuse to order more stuff anyway.

Do they have any for my old Stanley #98?

--
Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description.

On 3 Dec 2004 15:08:41 -0800, [email protected] (sr_wood) wrote:

>Does anyone have a method for sharpening wheel marking gauges. The
>type that Lee valley sells. There is a small disk,about half the
>diameter of a dime that marks the wood. Mine is so dull its difficult
>to make a mark. I'd appreciate the tip.
>
>Don



on a sharpening stone. the diamond grit on steel type work well as
long as the surface is not one of the ones with holes in it.

the stroke is a kind of diagonal swipe. you want the wheel to keep
turning, the edge to remain at a constant angle to the stone and the
edge to advance at more or less right angles across the surface. takes
some practise, but works well. can also be used for roller wheel glass
cutters.

Lay it, flat side down, on a sharening stone and slide it around in figure
eight patterns. Worked for mine.

"sr_wood" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Does anyone have a method for sharpening wheel marking gauges. The
> type that Lee valley sells. There is a small disk,about half the
> diameter of a dime that marks the wood. Mine is so dull its difficult
> to make a mark. I'd appreciate the tip.
>
> Don

Great info. Thanks, I'm sure I'll end up doing all of these things including
purchasing a new disk when I screw it up.
"sr_wood" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Does anyone have a method for sharpening wheel marking gauges. The
> type that Lee valley sells. There is a small disk,about half the
> diameter of a dime that marks the wood. Mine is so dull its difficult
> to make a mark. I'd appreciate the tip.
>
> Don

[email protected] wrote in news:8ot1r0h38docejcin1i49utt0p2m6kgkfi@
4ax.com:

> On 3 Dec 2004 15:08:41 -0800, [email protected] (sr_wood) wrote:
>
>>Does anyone have a method for sharpening wheel marking gauges. The
>>type that Lee valley sells. There is a small disk,about half the
>>diameter of a dime that marks the wood. Mine is so dull its difficult
>>to make a mark. I'd appreciate the tip.
>>
>>Don
>
>
>
> on a sharpening stone. the diamond grit on steel type work well as
> long as the surface is not one of the ones with holes in it.
>
> the stroke is a kind of diagonal swipe. you want the wheel to keep
> turning, the edge to remain at a constant angle to the stone and the
> edge to advance at more or less right angles across the surface. takes
> some practise, but works well. can also be used for roller wheel glass
> cutters.
>

Or just buy new disk(s) from LV? They are not that expensive, and it'd
be a good excuse to order more stuff anyway.

Regards,
JT