Sharpen a veiner ?

[rmessick]

I got a new veiner for christmas. I tried it out and messed around on it. I got a few good lines but a lot of fuzzy ones also, more practice needed. When i was done i went to sharpen it. I assume you sharpen like a gouge but How do you sharpen the top edge or inside of a veiner? Thanks in advance.

[TreeWizard]

Yes you sharpen it just like a gouge. As far as the inside goes, after you sharpen it to the wire edge on the outside just run a piece of leather with a bit of compound on it through the inside. Just like you would strop your gouge.

I make my own strops and when I trim the leather on the sides leave a bit of overhang so I can strop my veiners.

I have no idea how the type face changed in the middle of this post!

[davidinsarasota]

What size is it? It's hard to carve a groove the full depth of some veiners because there is a lot of side pressure on the wings. it is a very useful tool though because you can make a groove or clean a ledge with the gouge then contour and shave with the sides; very efficient, almost like two tools in one.

[rmessick]

I will check the size but it is just a palm tool that says swiss made. I am pretty knew to this, but it seems like a nice gift.

The channel is so narrow it is difficult to get the leather in there. I think I will have to find some pretty thin pieces. Does it matter what type I get. I was thinking of going to a shoe repair place and something thinner than what I have now.

[arfer1943]

Fold a scrap of your finest abrasive paper for the inside, if all else fails. I have a 0.25mm veiner and that's what I use.

[Northwest29]

Another good option for the inside of a gouge is to simply take a piece of cardboard (like on the back of a pad of paper) fold it over, put some honing compound on in and run it through the inside. Works great. However, there are a lot of different ways to accomplish the inside honeing. HTH

Ron

1-2-2012 1:43PST
As an after thought you could check your local 'thrift' store for a leather belt, shouldn't be much.

[Gulf Coast Handyman]

Michaels Crafts sells thin leather.

Dave

[Magicman]

Hobby Lobby also sells Leather, they sell a bag of Leather scraps that you can make quite a few strops and different leather implements from.
Larry

[susieq]

If you have a small bench grinder, there is a felt wheel that is made just for gouges and v tools. Instead of the flat surface, it has a groove in it. This is for the outside of your gouges...the ones that will fit into it. Obviously a really large U gouge won't fit into it but most of the medium and small ones do.

The top edges of the sides of the groove, one is rounded and one is pointed/tapered.... you flip your tool over and polish the inside of it on the appropriate shape. The tapered one is great for v tools. You can keep your tools touched up while you work and never slow down....just keep your favorite rouge/compound on the felt wheel and polish away.

A word of caution though. Most bench grinders rotate the wrong direction for this. The wheel should rotate so that the top side is moving AWAY from you! If you have to work from the back side of the machine to do this, do it. If you try to work with the top side of the wheel turning toward you, it's going to catch that tool and fling it right back at you....very scary.

Other than that little precaution, it's the best thing for sharpening. I have a regular felt wheel and the grooved one set up on my machine. I know that Woodcraft carries them. I bought mine at a tool show many years ago.

[Grandpa Roger]

I have a leather shoe string tied to a door knob and simply drag my veiner and other small tools down the length of leather. Seems to work for me and is very inexpensive.