[Tarik]

This is a dumb question but... here I am anyway.

I've heard than tools can be sharpened using the Dremel, but never tried to. At which point it can be used in carving knifes and gouges or I should reserve it for the potato peeler?

If it is true... how is it done and which accessories do I need?

Thanks.

[Eddy Smiles]

Tarik...

There are probably more qualified folks on this forum than I to answer your question but here's my slant on using a Dremel tool to sharpen carving tools. It can be done but you have to be very, very, very, careful that you don't over grind or over heat your blade. Since the Dremel is a rotary tool there is the danger of leaving uneven spots on the blade. The only tools that I sharpen with a Dremel are my wife's gardening shears and loppers and the lawn mower blade. I've even been hesitant about trying to sharpen my chain saw chain for fear of getting the wrong angle or taking off too much.

[Thomp]

personally i wouldn't use a dremel in a decent knife, when you apply work to a dremel the rpm changes drastically, and since making or changing a knife is a balancing act of time and metal removal, without gaining any heat..

without a steady rpm you will never get the timing down right and wind up burning out the temper of the blade... with the small stones dremel is capable of turning you will most likely result in dishing out several divets in the blade as well...

even with my 42" belt grinder when reshaping a blade i will scorch one now and then, that means removing the blade from the handle and re tempering or throwing it away...

if you have to resort to using a dremel as a sharpening device, in that maybe you dont have many tools..

try this, best if your strapped for cash, and cant afford good stones, an alternative is the scary sharp system for sharpening.
where with water you wet a strip of 600 grit wet/dry emery paper and lay it on a hard surface such as glass, the water will float off the abraded grit and the metal as you remove it as well as the surface tension of the water will semi adhere the wet/dry paper to the flat glass, keep it wet while working the blade, if you want higher polished blade then work it through 600-1000-and higher grit papers, and when you have achieved sharpening (metal removal)

then hone with a leather strop..

for more information on scary sharp method do a Google there is some great tutorials out there on the subject

[Tarik]

Somehow I knew it, but wanted to be sure and wanted to have arguments for the people who told me

Thank's you about the Scary Sharp method, never heard of it before, but I' ve being investigating and seems really interesting. until now a guy sharp my tools, but never tryed myself. I'm going to try tye system on and old Swiss Army Knife that have completely lost the edge, so, nothing to loose.