VERITAS 05P32.03 User manual

The Veritas®Small-Blade Holder
allows you to effectively and safely
sharpen small blades, such as
those found on most spokeshaves
(including the Veritas®Low-Angle
Spokeshave, 05P32.01), instrument
makers planes, etc. The blade is
securely held in place by two
powerful rare-earth magnets and an
adjustable stop block. The small-
blade holder transforms your small
blade into a much larger one so it can
be adequately held for sharpening,
either by hand or by mounting in a
honing guide. The included spacer
and long machine screw allow it
to be used with the Veritas®Angle
Jig (part of the Veritas®Sharpening
System, 05M02.10).
Instructions
Position your blade on the holder as shown in Figure 2, with the bevel
down and the cutting edge projecting approximately 1/8". Loosen the
screw securing the stop block. Slide the stop block forward until it
contacts the back edge of the blade and tighten the screw. Subsequent
sharpening of the same blade will not require this set-up; just locate
the blade on the holder and slide it back until it makes contact with the
stop block.
1/8"
Blade Stop Block
Small-Blade Holder
Figure 2: Positioning the blade.
Small-Blade Holder 05P32.03
Long Screw
Body
Stop Block
Rare-Earth Magnet (2)
View Underneath
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Figure 1: Small-blade holder.

Honing
When in the small-blade holder, the blade can be held either by hand or in
a guide for sharpening. To use a honing guide, simply clamp the body of
the small-blade holder in the guide as if it were a large blade.
Veritas®
Honing Guide
Figure 3: Clamping the small-blade holder in a honing guide.
Veritas®Sharpening System
The long machine screw and spacer provided allow the small-blade holder
to be used with the Veritas®Sharpening System. Simply remove the knurled
brass knob that clamps the pentagon wheel to the angle jig. Position the
spacer between the angle jig base and the pentagon wheel and secure in
place with the long machine screw. This arrangement will lift the pentagon
wheel off the base to accommodate the thickness of the small-blade holder
body so that the sharpening angle can be accurately set.
Honing Guide
Veritas®Angle JigSpacer
Small-Blade
Holder
Long
Screw
Figure 4: Using the small-blade holder with the sharpening system.
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