Machine for forming woodworking tool

A grinding machine, including:

• grinding wheel support means, said support means for housing a rotatable grinding wheel with a leading edge driven by a drive means, and further including an adjustable guide means secured to said grinding wheel support, said guide means positioned adjacent said grinding wheel to place a knife blank in correct alignment with said grinding wheel, said adjustable guide means being pivotably mounted about a pivot point in relation to said grinding wheel and having a solitary point disposed over the leading edge of said grinding wheel that remains stationary as said adjustable guide means pivots, said solitary point being a center of rotation;
• at least one movable table disposed below said grinding wheel support means and including a tool holding means adjustably connected to said movable table;
• said tool holding table movable, including full two dimensional planar movement, with respect to said grinding wheel and operably positioned for grinding a knife secured within said tool holding means, said tool holding means further including an adjustable template holding means;
• a template guide means positionable in a fixed operational relationship with respect to said grinding wheel;
• said template holding means operably positioned adjacent said template guide means for engagement with said template guide means;
• said tool holding means positioned in front of said grinding wheel for securing a knife face-up for engagement with said grinding wheel, said tool holding means and said grinding wheel positioned to first engage an upper leading edge of said knife face prior to said grinding wheel completing its operation, said grinding wheel grinding into the said knife leading edge, said tool holding means having a rotating upper section that contains said knife, said rotating section rotating relative to an axis parallel to an axis of movement of said movable table and normal to a longitudinal axis of said grinding wheel support means;
• a pivot point for rotating said grinding wheel support means about an axis parallel to an axis of movement of said movable table and normal to the axis of rotation of said grinding wheel and disposed through said solitary point, said pivot means enabling said grinding machine to provide for clearance when operating upon said knife blank;
• wherein said solitary point is the pivot point for the adjustable guide means and the pivot point for the grinding wheel support means;
• wherein said upward facing knife and said template are viewed by the operator in exact orientation as on a woodworking machine, thus no mirror image movements interfere with the operator as he forms his desired pattern;
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• wherein said grinding machine grinds knife edges which have face angles in a straight on fashion, thereby providing a blade orientated during the grinding process as actually utilized when subsequently cutting a wood object.