sharpening your tools is one of the most ohi don't know if it is intimidating as much as it is, it is hard to do. and what happensor why that is is that we spend most of our time on the lathe turning when we have toactually probably spend that much more time on the grinder sharpening or learning howto sharpen, how to manipulate the tools so you get a good edge on them. so grinding isvery important on this. now i like to grind personally on just a regular bench grinder.i want to make sure that i select at least a 8 inch wheel, a 6 inch is o'kay but afterthey get too small the tools, the bevel back here on a small wheel gets very hollow ground.it makes it a little harder to use. it is harder to use the tool. so i like the 8 inchgrinder. nowadays you can get all sorts of
kind of wheels on these. look for a wheelthat is designed to grind high speed tool steel. there is pink. there is white. thereis kind of a gray one. the wheel that comes with your usually most cheap grinders, thatkind of grayish black one that is for your garden tools, not for your tool steel. solook for a grinder that has the least aluminum oxide wheel on it as far as when you are choosingan 8 inch. as far as speed goes, i do like a slower speed but that's not mandatory byany means.