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US 4,733,501 AGranted
Honing guide
AssigneeLee Valley Tools Ltd.
InventorFrancis A. McLean
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Abstract
A honing guide is provided in which a tool support plate is mounted above a surface-engaging roller. The surface-engaging roller is mounted eccentrically so that the height of the tool support plate may be varied to provide a range of honing angles without unclamping the tool from the guide.
Claims3
A honing guide for carrying a tool having a cutting edge to be honed over a honing surface, said guide comprising:
- a tool support plate;
- a bracket having at least one depending leg extending over said tool supporting plate;
- adjustable fastening means for securing a tool to said tool supporting plate;
- and
- roller means having an axis mounted on said bracket leg below said tool supporting plate to carry said tool at selected attitudes over said honing surface,
- wherein said roller means is mounted eccentrically on a shaft, said roller means having a plurality of predetermined orienting stations thereon, and shaft orienting means mounted on said bracket for engaging selected ones of said orienting stations to select a variation in attitude of said cutting edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.