file guide

[JohnC]

I'm in the process of filing down a bit of 01 steel for a knife. I saw a website with someone using a file guide so had a go at making one.
I used a big block of wood out a skip, an offcut of dexian I had in the shed, a piece of metal rod from a skip and cut some clamps out of a strip of metal, drilled holes, used nuts & bolts etc from the tool box. The angles are approximate, but fairly close. It's most like my Lansky sharpener.

 

[fodder]

Very nice. It sure takes the guess work out of keeping the angle straight.

 

[jon r]

nice job! i dont get how it works though

 

[Hoodoo]

I like it! Great idea!

 

[Heathenpeddler]

nice job! i dont get how it works though

I like it too

Let me see...
File is clamped to rod (that's the 2 sets of metal on the white section of rod)
Rod goes through the hole in the upright at the back (it's not painted white though so you probably can't see it)
As the end of the file is at a fixed height the angle you are filing at is kept constant - you just have to watch the rod doesn't slip out of the hole on the backstroke
Quite ingenious really, makes me wonder why there aren't more about! In fact, if I could get hold of some tool steel and find someone willing to do the heat treating, I'd be making some knives grinding the bevel has always put me off

 

[woodwalker]

Now there's a stroke of genius!

woodwalker

 

[Shinken]

nice job! i dont get how it works though

Think of giant lansky!

 

[beowolf762]

Thats brilliant!! :You_Rock_

 

[JohnC]

I like it too

- you just have to watch the rod doesn't slip out of the hole on the backstroke

Thank you for the comments, I have seen commercial versions, but hate spending cash
I drilled a small hole through the rod end and put a split pin through it, its enough to stop the backstroke.

 

[FGYT]

looks good have to have a go

Duncan