Keeping It Sharp: Chapter 87

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I used X-Acto knives for years making art cards and mattes for broadcast graphics. Not once did I think they could be sharpened… they were treated as just another consumable. I’ve got a 360 and a 600 CBN wheel that are gathering dust cause my son was going to make knives… maybe those and a leather strop would work for my X-Acto blades… I like your system though… sure is a lot cheaper than 2 CBN wheels 😂! I did have some concern with the water from your 400 grit wheel so close to the open motor. (Electricity terrifies me!) Thanks Glenn. Great video.

[@RLDRCustomCreations-zd4zj]

Thanks for the reply and suggestion. I bet those CBN wheels would work just fine if you can slow them down. I also thought of those blades as consumables, but Randy Letkeman showed me a trick to sharpen them and then I made this sharpener and realized that I could drastically improve the sharpness of an original new blade. So cheaper and better! I never thought about the water and the open motor. I am using very little water, but that is a good point that you have. Perhaps aluminum tape over the open holes? That might be the solution. Thanks again for your continued support. It means a lot to me.