Spokeshave Honing Guide
We calculate the final price from your selected file. You review and accept it before payment.
Saved on this device.
Allows you to attach a Stanley 51/52 spokeshave iron into either a basic rolling honing guide or the Veritas mkII
- Rating
- 0 / 5
- Likes
- 1
- Downloads
- 9
- Makes
- 0
- Views
- 60
- Reviews
- 0
Updated at source:
Model information
- Source
- Printables
- Category
- Tools
- License
- Creative Commons — Attribution — Share Alike
I was frustrated to realize that the Veritas mkII requires an additional attachment to sharpen shokeshave blades, so I decided to make a tool to allow me to hold these blades in one of my roller honing guides. I designed it to fit in either the mkii or a basic white label rolling honing guide as these are the two I have.
The honing guide clamps the iron onto one of the ends and using the tray aligns the irons sides, which should ensure the cutting edge is always perpendicular, giving you a nice straight cutting edge, or with additional pressure on the edges a very slight camber. Due to the blade alignment mechanism of the Veritas mkII I found it much harder to ensure the blade was straight and the honing angle is accurate, but it is possible.
It is easiest to set the honing angle using a digital angle gauge but should also be possible with measurement or an angle guide.
The assemble it you need a 1/4 inch by >1 inch elevator bolt, or similar (can use a carriage bolt but may have to flatten the head to ensure it doesn't grind on your diamond stone). A 6 mm similar bolt should also fit but I am unable to confirm if the head will fit it the trays recess.
I also added slots for 10mmx2mm magnets to help hold the blade but the guide works fine without these, it just makes it slightly easier to align the iron and may help ensure the blade doesn't move during sharpening, but the bolt is doing a fine job without.
I originally intended the second end to be able to accommodate a Stanley 151 iron with the two holes, but without one on hand I cant confirm that it will fit, though as it is the same width iron it may fit the 51 tray. Theoretically it should be possible to make a tray for smaller irons such as the 1 1/2 or 1 3/4 inch irons on the Stanley 64, 65, and 67 but without these on hand I wasn't sure of their exact curvature of the back side of the iron.
I will update the model if I can get dimensional photos of the other irons but for now I can only confirm that it works on a Stanley 51 iron as that is what I designed it around.