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Grinder accesories and ideas
I am new to razor grinding. I have a 2x72 AmeriBrade fastback, flat platen, small wheel set, 12” wheel, 6” wheel and hopefully soon a 4” wheel.
I have seen many videos on grinding. I have seen freehand and grinding with a rest.
For those using a rest I would like to see ideas of what you use. I have seen small flat rests and some more like a post (i imagine better for blades with a smile).
I built both. I was really enjoying my adjustable post rest. It has a step ground into it which I thought would help if i needed stabilization from behind. Turns out all it did was to help me put two nearly identical grinder gashes my second and third blade attempts. I was using my right hand (non-dominant), blade was pushed to the left and then instead of drawing back to the right and removing the blade I pulled the tang toward my body which caught the mid-spine on my ground step and pivoted the blade into the left side of the wheel creating the gashes you see below on two heat treated and tempered blades. (My first one I did not screw up—guess I got cocky).
I believe I will cut off the step and just use the rounded post.
Any other thoughts or jigs or rest ideas out there?
Stepped post.
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Flat rest.
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Grinder gash!
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