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247285 Brent Beach <brent.beach@g...> 2014‑04‑19 Re: Old Dog, New Trick - AKA Diamond sharpening
Lee

On 2014-04-16 21:18, leeburk@a... wrote:
>
> I have some carbide tipped turning tools recently acquired from Ebay. How do I
put an edge on those? Especially the gouges? Sure diamond may work if one has
some diamonds laying around, but haven't I heard in the ancient past that
sometimes something softer can be used to cut something harder? Maybe I'm
thinking of Rock, Paper, Scissors, I dunno. You grizzled old engineers out
there, bestow your wisdom.

https://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=kLQk4U5ihz4

Have not tried it myself, but if it works let us know. Notice he says 
light pressure.

Brent
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Brent Beach
Victoria, BC, Canada

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