It's been my experience not ever having used any kind of guide,  that If 
I remove the tool from the   grinder I  lay it back at a slightly 
different angle.
ERGO: you need to have a slow wheel which won't heat things up much and 
just keep it in place or if you are using power use a water  drip.
If I'm on the hand stone I  just keep my body position  and arms 
consistent  and "feel" the contact of the bevel to the stone. I can tell 
if I've got it right.
However, all things being equal the prettiness of the grind is pretty 
much irrelevant. It's that last bit  at the edge that really matters.

On 10/8/2012 6:38 PM, harperron@c... wrote:
> Lots of talk lately on the net about grinding both hand and otherwise.  Ok you
build a nice little tool rest for your hand grinder, or if you are fortunate you
have one for your grinder. How does one keep the bevel uniform? We see pics of
wondrously talented galoots doing this freehand.  I ain't that good. Many of us
have the eclipse style "training wheel"
>   honing guide. Very effective when held against the tool rest on my grinder.
Allows me to grind a uniform bevel on chisels and plane irons. Why didn't you
tell me this years ago?
>
> Ron a Kokomo Galoot  who honed a bunch of stuff today.
>
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