Sherwood Heligrind 2.0 Complete Set of Toolrest Jigs for Bench Grinders

Get all your tools from chiselsto gouges sharpened.

The HeliGrind Sharpening System is the only jig on the market that will sharpen gouges on the helical path the ideal way to sharpen all your woodturning gouges. This type of grind is known as either a fingernail or sidegrind and is recommended but virtually impossible to grind accurately freehand.

The HeliGrind is a versatile jig that is fixed in front of your bench grinder and has several attachments to simplify and make more accurate sharpening grinds of a range of different tools. The flat tool jig allows for you to sharpen you flat and angled skew chisels as well as your bench and cabinet chisels.

You can buy this complete setor purchase the individual components alone.

Features

• Woodturning bowl and spindle gouges the gouge is clamped into an inner cylinder that can be easily rotated via a fully-sealed guide bearing seated against the outer solid, cast bronze holder. This patented system was designed to follow the correct path for producing the best type of grind on your gouges.
• Works on all gouges 6 – 16mm wide
• Sharpens on the helical path every time
• Self-jigging design for faster set-up
• The nose of the gouge is pushed up the wheel along the helical path to produce the optimum shape without having to constantly reset the jig as you grind the wheel down.
• It produces hollow ground edges, which provides a superb two-point bearing that makes the grinding self-jigging. It means that every time you re-grind, you remove a tiny and constant thickness of steel, extending the life of both your tools and grinding wheels. It also means that the geometry of the tip wont change, allowing your tools to display the same properties every time you use them.
• Including a skew chisel grinding jig, the HeliGrind System also allows you to sharpen skew chisels by attaching the preset holder to grind at the popular 20 angle.
• There is also a conventional toolrest in the kit, which can be quickly attached to provide a flat plate in front of the wheel perfect for scrapers and other chisels.