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VERYTHING
YOU NEED
TO MAKE A
RAZOR-SHARP
EDGE IS RIGHT
AT YOUR
FING ERTIPS.
D1 Brad Holden
f your sharpening sr.rpplies are scattered
all over yolrr shop, l-rere's a
project designed to keep thern irr
one place. This station holds everything
you need for grinding, lapping
and honing, with room to spare for
storing tools.
Picttrre this: you're grincling at the
perfect he ight fbr precisiort rvork.
When you're done, you push the
grinder back out of the way and vacuunr
or wipe off grinding dust frorn the cat>
inet's plastic laminate suliace. You pull
a mbber mat from its storage pocket,
retrieve yollr stones frorn one of the
dra'wels, and you're ready to hone.
That rnat is really terrific. It's rnade
fronr flexible but firm solid nrbber'.
Water can't soak in; it just makes puddles.
Better yet, stones stay ptrt, as if
they were locked in place.
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This project is designed fol a 5'6" to
5'10" tall woodworker. If you're shorter
or taller than this, you may want to
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alter the
plans so the workit-tg
surfaces are at more
cornfortable heights.
Experiment before 1'ou build. First,
figure out the height at rvhich you're
cornfortable hor-rir-rg (don't forget to
add the thickness of the rubber mat
ar-rd stones). For mosr folks, this is
roughly equal to the height of their
wrists when
the ir arms are hangir-rg
at their sides. Use tl.ris
measllrement to dete r-mir-re the
height of the cabinet.