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Old 08-01-2016, 09:41 AM
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Good afternoon-

I have the flat/knife template bench stones and drill press 220 lap. My first set of templates came with basic instructions and a sharpened graver. Thus I had an idea what it was suppose to look like and an idea of how to get there.

I'm not sure how to get started with the flat template. I am assuming with the small green four sided template. What's next. The bottom? then the sides? how much do I take off? Any help would be appreciated. I'm sure it will be obvious once I understand better.

I have researched extensively and find some good you tube video on the basic template. And search the forum for conversations on sharping flats but no luck. Perhaps to basic

Thanks
Hi, I missed this post earlier. The flat/knife template is similar to the others in that you use the small template to first taper and grind the sides to the size of flat you want it to be. With the small template you can save the bottom grind last before going to the large template. Just grind enough that it cleans up and makes it flat on the bottom after you have the sides ground. You can always go back to the small after placing the face on with the large if you don't have it quite the way you'd like. Vilts had made a video using that template:
www.engravingforum.com/showthread.php?t=2407

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