How to sharpen Fordom chisels

[joaz hill]

I am a woodturner who is starting to carve on my work.
I recently purchase a Fordom power system includeing the chisel hand piece. Looking at these chisels I wonder the best way to sharpen.
Just with a diamond stone or on the grinder like the way I sharpen my turning tools??

TIA

Joaz Hill

Wood Turning by Joaz Hill Stonington, Maine

[Gulf Coast Handyman]

I don't know much about them but I would go with a fine diamond stone and then a leather strop with your favorite compound.

Dave

[Dicky]

I sharpen mine as Dave suggests but I use a fine grit waterstone in lieu of a diamond. I would be afraid that a grindstone would remove a lot of metal fast causing premature replacement.

[Dagwood]

argee with both the above.. what your looking for is a polished edge.. you should be able to place the cutting edge on a pcs of newspaper an see the reflection clearly... if the tool came sharpe all thats needed, is to be honed/buffed .. no shapeing required. a power buffer will do this pretty quickly..

[joaz hill]

Thanks quys, all your posts were very informative. I came to the same conclusion.

[squbrigg]

Those blades are much like Flexcut blades and usually only need some honeing on a leather strop. Unless they get chipped I doubt that they will need to be worked on a stone at all. I have a set and put them into perminant wooden handles and they keep an edge just fine. I wasn't happy using the power handpiece on my Foredom that way. Just found it awkward.

Bob

[Donsexton]

I dont have a fordom I am not a fan of shaft tools but I do have Automach I sharpen mine only when nicked otherwise I just strop them.