I may not be the only one that has had a Vari Grind 2 lying around for a long time. I even bought an extra one for next to nothing. Sadly, I've found it clumsy in use and limited in function.
With no potential buyers, I've tried to put them to use, simply by converting the jig to a VG1 lookalike or hybrid: The VG 1½.
I simply set the VG 1 leg angle to 23° (*) and measured the distance from the nose of the gouge to the piviot point. From that I got the length of the new leg for the VG 1½.
For testing I used a galvanized bolt, filed part of the thread flat to fit the groove in the jig head and bolted it. The pointed end simply made on a grinder.
I have still to test it seriously, but for now it serves nicely as a jig for spindle gouges.
Lars
(*) I chose the 23° leg setting because that's the only setting on the VG 1 where the leg axis hits the nose of the gouge with the standard 1¾" protrusion.
The leg axis on the VG 2 *always* points to the nose of the gouge, so I was aiming to make the to versions comparable.
For most of my bowl gouge sharpening I use a leg angle of around 40° and mostly with a 2" protrusion.
With no potential buyers, I've tried to put them to use, simply by converting the jig to a VG1 lookalike or hybrid: The VG 1½.
I simply set the VG 1 leg angle to 23° (*) and measured the distance from the nose of the gouge to the piviot point. From that I got the length of the new leg for the VG 1½.
For testing I used a galvanized bolt, filed part of the thread flat to fit the groove in the jig head and bolted it. The pointed end simply made on a grinder.
I have still to test it seriously, but for now it serves nicely as a jig for spindle gouges.
Lars
(*) I chose the 23° leg setting because that's the only setting on the VG 1 where the leg axis hits the nose of the gouge with the standard 1¾" protrusion.
The leg axis on the VG 2 *always* points to the nose of the gouge, so I was aiming to make the to versions comparable.
For most of my bowl gouge sharpening I use a leg angle of around 40° and mostly with a 2" protrusion.