Knife Sharpening Angle Guide for 1 x 30 Belt Sander

This is easy to use, and works well. They also sell a set where one is reversed to you can do 'toward' or 'away' from the blade.It's kind of crunchy which can make adjustment touchy. I took it apart and used a fingernail sanding file to smooth the surfaces. I even took the nuts off and smoothed the surfaces. Any place metal moves and rubs I make sure there were no 'nubs' and now it's like a high priced precision tool

I’m a Knifemaker and I modify this angle guide to use for sharpening knives on a 1 x 30 belt grinder. I had one of these several years ago and hated it because I didn’t know how to properly set it up. There are several very good YouTube videos on sharpening knives with a 1x30 belt grinder that show how to set the angle guide up to work properly. Ignore the angle degree marks. Install the angle guide on the platen and set your desired angle with another method. A digital angle guide is best. When you get your desired angle dialed in, (I use 17 degrees for sharpening kitchen knives) mark your setting on the guide where it actually goes. Watch the videos for more modifications, but this angle guide is the only game in town, and it can be made to work very well.

I had to return the 1 x 30 in. belt sander. If I were to do it again I would get a slow speed sander. It chewed up my knife. Quick. I could take the time and learn to use it on the fast speed 3600 rpm machine , or get a slower speed sander like I did.

An easy clip on install! However, it came to mind while using this guide that the lower edge needed an adjustable lip to help keep an even edge while moving the blade over the 1 X 30 belt. I have made and installed such a unit that will accept blades with a width up to 3.5 inches. It sure helped the beginner like myself to perfect my sharpening skills.

It works well but it takes a little time and practice to learn to use it well.

It works as it should but I had to make some modifications to the angle guide so I could sharpen the whole blade properly. I was looking for a tutorial on using it and found a video for the mods and it’s perfect now

Some pros and some cons. By its very design their has to be a gap between the leading edge and the sanding belt. At high angles this gap is minimized but gets greater at lower angles. This means that the knive blade has to be wider at the lower angles to keep the back edge from falling into the gap. It would be nice if they could add a plate to the surface that could be slid in and out to close the gap at any angle setting. As a workaround I used double sided carpet tape to hold a small piece of 1/16 inch acrylic that I sawed down to 1 inch wide by 3 inches long. I set the angle at a25 degrees and taped the plastic in place so that the gap was minimized. This helps with narrower knife blades that I want to grind at 20 or 25 degree angles. If I want to use lower or higher angles I will simply pull this plastic off and reposition it.Being only one inch wide it takes some practice to use this. I start with the blade edge slid down away from the belt, then slowly slide it up until it just makes contact with the belt, and then draw it across the length of the blade. It removes metal fast to the blade needs to be slid along fairly quickly. Practice on a junk knife.

Fast delivery and just what I needed!