Bench Grinder Sharpening Wheel | CRATEX Abrasives
This article is part of cratex sharpening wheel series.
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What makes a tool sharp are its two sides that are coming together under an angle that forms an edge necessary for cutting. The level of sharpness is measured by how easily a tool will cut something without severely damaging the edge.
It doesn't matter if you are sharpening a knife, an axe, a chisel or plane bits, the techniques are pretty much the same. The sharpness will primarily depend on two factors: the bevel angle, or angle at which a tool is sharpened, and the fineness of the grind, or how well the bevels are polished. A tool with much less edge angle will be sharper, and so will a tool sharpened with finer-grit abrasives.
In this article we'll present some sharpening basics, talk about the difference between sharpening and honing (yup, there is one), present various step-by-step guides to sharpening different cutting tools, and present you various CRATEX abrasives that are ideal sharpening tools. Just one of those tools is our CRATEX large sharpening wheel.
