Great vid. Clear, explanatory, and very easy to understand. NO useless distracting music that gets in the way of understanding.

Informative video. I made some small leather disks to work on my Dremel tool. Thanks for the idea.

Thank you Russell for this. I'm off to make my own!

@RussellPlatten

8 жыл бұрын

+DavieMac48 Cheers Davie!

Where's there's a will there's a way. Well done and thank you.

just to add to the "I bet you could do it this way" pool: Cut the 4x4 leather squares, and center drill. glue together, and mount on spindle. then, turn the glued leather on the lathe, as though it were wood.

@davidjohnston1971

8 жыл бұрын

+Eagle Bird Knives I thought of stack cutting also. I probably would stick with the band saw jig for cutting it round.

Great idea. I'm going to make one of these.

Thank you for showing me how you made yours. Watching something being made is the best set of instruction their is. In my opinion. Thanks again. Thumbs Up!

@RussellPlatten

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. :-)

Nice job on the stropping wheel. Thanks for your post.

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

+paulpaul1948 Thank you Paul :-)

Thanks for posting the video, Russell. I've been thinking about doing the same thing. Looks really easy to do.

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dan :-)

Love good ideas, thank you!

@RussellPlatten

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Howard. :-)

Clear and very helpful. Thanks👍

@RussellPlatten

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you Pete.

THANK YOU RUSSEL ! IT WAS A GREAT VIDEO, I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH !! I'LL BE MAKING ONE MYSELF !!!

@RussellPlatten

5 жыл бұрын

:-)

I'm thinking rubber cement would be the better alternative to wood glue to bind the leather discs just because it doesn't harden like wood glue. Still a good idea. Thanks for sharing.

@kelamuni

7 жыл бұрын

you mean contact cement. rubber cement won’t hold.

Very good information. Always easier to watch something done before doing it yourself. Why apprenticeships are so valuable. I thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

@RussellPlatten

8 жыл бұрын

+badalternative Thank you.

@shonaoneill5151

7 жыл бұрын

Russell Platten nice video Russell, I also order leather from (i'm guessing) the same place, very good, high quality leather. They must have a very good tannery.

Good, sensible stuff. You've saved a lot of people a lot of money here. Thank you.

@RussellPlatten

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to comment. :-)

Thank you for that idea!

@RussellPlatten

4 жыл бұрын

:-)

Just found this. Every step is really well thought-out, then explained very clearly. Thank you for posting. Now I have yet another channel to binge... Cheers!

@RussellPlatten

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

Great idea. Thanks for the video.

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

+Mike McHenry Cheers Mike :-)

Great video,thanks for sharing!

@RussellPlatten

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. :-)

Thank you for sharing. Great idea and easy to follow video...

@RussellPlatten

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. :-)

Russell, thanks for making this video. Great idea Tim White, Mississippi USA

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

+Tim White Thank you Tim. :-)

Great job, thanks for explaining each step. When you know very little about woodworking etc it helps lots.

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

+Harriot Shand Glad you liked the video Harriet. Thank you for your kind comment.

@harriotshand7560

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Russell.

Hi Russell,great job on the honing wheel,made one myself similar to that and also made one with hard felt,it takes a charge of flexcut gold well and the steel sharpens really well, cheers malc

@RussellPlatten

8 жыл бұрын

+malcolm oxley Cheers Malc.

GREAT JOB RUSSELL.. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK..

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

+Larry Keesee Cheers Larry 🙂

Russell you did a Awesome Job

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

Cheers Gary :-)

very good tip thank you Russell.

@RussellPlatten

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Dov Thank you Joe.

Thanks. Great idea.

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

+M van veen Thank you :-)

Contact Cement or "barge" cement (preferred) is what leatherworkers use for gluing leather together. If you can't find either, you can substitute with rubber cement. Great video!

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

+Steve Gilbert Thank you for your comment Steve :-)

Great ingenuity sir. Thank you

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

Thank you.

super plain speaking bloke ,with sense and clarity . thanks tony.

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

Cheers Tony!

use a hole saw to get your disk faster .well it is in my case no band saw lol

Very informative Thank you

@RussellPlatten

9 жыл бұрын

+eric braithwaite (snoopsy100) Thank you for the comment Eric! Glad you liked it.

hey I love the accent!!

I did something similar but with laminated wooden disks. I put the leather around the circumference. One disk with the rough leather side out, one with the smooth. It works pretty well. I hope this did what you want. You did a really nice job!

@RussellPlatten

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Jerry. :-)

Awesome video, Thanks. I’m going to make my own now.

@RussellPlatten

3 жыл бұрын

I gave mine to a friend and made another. It is very handy for honing tools! :-)

a job well done sir, and thanks for sharing. i will definitely be giving that a go, a stropping wheel would be very handy indeed and I am the kinda guy that loves making things rather than buying things so this will be a nice little project.

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

+Doobster67 Thank you for your comment Doobster. Good name by the way!

OMG the comments on here are so well thought! Amazing!

@RussellPlatten

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, there have been some great suggestions on making the wheel and I never thought for one minute so many people would be interested in it. Thank you for such a fine comment. :-)

love it ..great and simple build ...that thing will last forever

@RussellPlatten

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jaysaw8151

8 жыл бұрын

i put a leather belt on ply wood wheel it slapped like crazy until it came off lol

Brilliant!

@RussellPlatten

8 жыл бұрын

Cheers John!

Nice work easy to follow great idea Regards Steve

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Steve :-)

Thanks Russell good video...

@RussellPlatten

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Robin. :-)

This is an awesome idea.Thank you

@RussellPlatten

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome Tina! :-)

Simple and easy that's what I like russ brilliant thanks ❤👏👍

@RussellPlatten

8 ай бұрын

Glad I could help Keith. Thanks for the brilliant comment! :-)

Hi Russel, well done I love the video, I am woodcarver, with obviously more money then sense as I bought a power strop, however as I got better at carving (been doing it for 10+ years now) the 4 inch strop was too narrow. Your method gave me the inspiration to build a 3x6 strop. I mounted it to a B&Q cheap as chips bench grinder ( I reversed the drive) Thanks

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

+Dylan Dalton Nice one Dylan! Thanks for the comment. It makes it all worthwhile when someone sends a comment like this! :-)

@howardcolhoun5811

7 жыл бұрын

Russell Platten

Hi Russell. Me again. Emailed Flexcut about cleaning the powerstrop or any strop. If it gets "lover loaded" and slick/shiny, they say you can use a paint scraper or a flat tool to just scrape back exces compound which reconditions the leather surface to better accept fresh compound. If its a shiny surface it does not accept enough compound. Hope this is of use to you. ATB. Pete.

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

+pete wright Thanks for that info Pete. I will give mine a clean! :-)

Awesome video and awesome idea

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

+Coyote Walking Thank you 😊

Nice video and instructional. I was wanting an MDF wheel but the initial purchase is too costly. Your video brought out a nice alternative..bravo!

@RussellPlatten

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped Guy! :-)

Thanks!

@RussellPlatten

8 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

A friend of mine made a similar honer. He bought the leather wheel and mounted it onto a drill along with a buffer wheel. He runs it in reverse.

Thank you for sharing 👍👍

@RussellPlatten

3 ай бұрын

:-)

I use a cloth sanding belt inside out with some green compound.

great stuff mate

@RussellPlatten

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. :-)

Brilliant 👏 👏 thanks just what is needed, I'll make one

@RussellPlatten

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help Keith! :-)

Rotary strops certainly speed up the process and make life easier. I have been using a fully stitched buffing wheel to finish my wood chisels and plane irons for several years now. The only thing you have to be careful of is rolling the edge on the back of wood chisels, but you only need a light touch on the under side. Something I picked up from one of the guitar luthier channels is cockpit canopy glue for leather. It comes in small bottles, so I am not sure it would be suitable for all those leather disks, but it certainly works. Formula 560 is one of the makes, but search for canopy glue and you'll find it.

@RussellPlatten

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that Trevor. The Titebond glue works too, I have had no issues since I made it. :-)

Thanks Russell definitely going to make one subscribed & liked 😁👍🏼

@RussellPlatten

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark. :-)

Great video..............I subscribed........................

Nice job.

@RussellPlatten

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jack! :-)

Russell thank you great video simple job shown and demonstrated very well I have all the component parts and was going to buy a stropping disc. I have almost every colour of polishing compound except yellow. Grrrrr blue or brown may have to do on my knives

@RussellPlatten

8 жыл бұрын

+martin lowe Thank you for the kind comment Martin. I have found Tormek PA-70 Honing Paste better than anything else. I prefer it to the soap type compound blocks.

@martinlowe5934

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Russell will look for PA-70. Have actually made one with a disc of wood arbour and a strip of leather but will try your idea when I get enough leather.

Well done. Enjoyed the video. It has given me some ideas. A sharp blade is a wonderful tool.

@RussellPlatten

5 жыл бұрын

:-)

It's an added bonus to learn this from ned stark himself 😅

@RussellPlatten

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

Exelent video thnks..

@RussellPlatten

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. :-)

I mounted mine on a bench grinder and used a wooden rasp! Perfect glued a leather strop on the side. Now I'm waiting for diamond adhesive paste. Btw I cut mine with a jigsaw and once I gently pushed the rasp? Perfect! Great vids! 🙂👍👍👍

@RussellPlatten

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it worked out! :-)

Nice. I don't have a bandsaw so I used my table mounted router which cut the discs out perfectly. Spinning them at 450 rpm seems to work good for knives.

@RussellPlatten

6 жыл бұрын

+Dan Stump Brilliant idea with the router Dan! :-)

Thank you for sharing , I am wondering if I can make it smaller scale. . I don't have a laith. I will have to think a little different but thanks for sharing!

@RussellPlatten

8 жыл бұрын

+Martha West Cheers Martha :-)

Anyone who watches this, be careful not to blow the temper on you edge. These heat up your blade quickly.

@ckmoore101

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, need to go way slower on that speed.

I bought a leather stropping wheel from Beavercraft. It's only 3"in diameter. I've had a hard time getting it to spin true and can't get the wobble or of it. It also seems to spin a little off center. After seeing your video, I think I'm going to get a different shaft to mount the leather on so I can tighten it like you did. Good video. Thanks for making it.

@RussellPlatten

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! :-)

Great video, thanks. I think it's worth mentioning the risk when it runs towards you; it can smart a bit if the blade catches and flies into you, so be careful, or, better, stand on the other side so it goes away from you. I prefer the idea of leather to the mdf ones some have made, even though they are usually smaller.

@RussellPlatten

3 жыл бұрын

Good advice! :-)

Well done, Mate. I'll do the same, now that I've seen your work.

@RussellPlatten

4 жыл бұрын

:-)

Nice job

@RussellPlatten

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

Good job.

@RussellPlatten

5 жыл бұрын

:-)

Russel Nice.... Titebond is a good tip. congratulations

@RussellPlatten

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Said! :-)

nice job

@RussellPlatten

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael! :-)

nicely done

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gary :-)

I don't ever recommend working that high on a wheel especially when you start working on a bench grinder with higher speed as it can throw the knife or object towards you. Always work towards the bottom of the wheel that way if something goes wrong the object will get thrown towards the bottom.

@RussellPlatten

8 жыл бұрын

Yes, you are absolutely right. I sharpen my tools on the other side of the lathe and at the slowest speed. The wheel is turning away from me and is therefore much safer! Thank you for your comment.

@aebemacgill

8 жыл бұрын

+Russell Platten Hello . I should have read other folks' posts , this one in particular .

@brightlightsdarkcity9993

6 жыл бұрын

503JDM turn the bench grinder around so it's backwards and facing away from you solves the problem

U have sum good hand skills

@RussellPlatten

4 жыл бұрын

thank you! :-)

Nice job i know what im doing when ive finished painting mi house lol , thanks for showing ive liked n subd you . Greetings from Wales m8y .

Very intelligent mate, very well done, thanks for sharing!!

@RussellPlatten

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! :-)

I made my disc from piece of MDF, really does get knives chisels scary sharp,

@RussellPlatten

4 жыл бұрын

:-)

Good video Russel. One thing I need to mention is that I would not use wood glue. I dries to hard and would leave hard spots in your strop. I would use contact cement or rubber cement. That would stay more flexible and give you a cleaner strop.

@RussellPlatten

6 жыл бұрын

Good point regarding the glue. I just used what I had in the garage and I had used Titebond on leather before.

Mister universal good fellow ....

@RussellPlatten

3 жыл бұрын

😊

Nice one Russ. Good vid buddy

@RussellPlatten

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Excellent. Well done. Subbed.

@RussellPlatten

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

Great job. Ty

I will be trying this says this Canadian cheap skate. Great idea

@RussellPlatten

4 жыл бұрын

:-)

That’s cool you made your own . They are15-$20 0n Amazon . The polisher grinder sharpener machine can be dangerous . I always like t spinning away from me . I just turn it around for this and sharpen on the top . The thing about sharpening like this is it is so much quicker than using a stone for an hour . An hour is a long time to focus on precision moves one right after another and I find this to be much faster and worthwhile so I can do other things . The other thing is the blades heat up so keeping the materials cool or cooling them helps with . They work great once the edges get rounded and the polishing compound is all gooey Ed up . I clean mine with whatever sandpaper is handy but it gets HOT ! Lol thanks for the vid . Hello from America Ohio .

@RussellPlatten

2 жыл бұрын

I use mine occasionally, it is a great way to hone knives and chisels. Hi from East Sussex! :-)

Thanks for sharing! Is it important to glue the leather together?

@RussellPlatten

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, the wheel would not hold together without it.

Good job lad.

@RussellPlatten

8 жыл бұрын

Cheers. :-)

@triplesevensix291

8 жыл бұрын

Russell Platten Im just getting into carving but will hit you up with a few questions soon when I get my new tools if thats ok Russell? Thanks lad. Cheers big ears. ;) Flexcut here I come....lol. Stay safe lad.

nice work! the small yellow lines of tite3 in the disc don't cause problems? still holding after many uses?

@RussellPlatten

4 жыл бұрын

No issues and yes, it is still holding. :-)

I work with leather, making diff. stuff, and I allways cut my leather with a sharp, and most importanted polished egg. As one does with the strop. Mine is just a piece leather on a piece of wood with good compound on. - As you said, that will surve you good for a long time. And, if one strop regularly, one need not to grind the blades.

Would it be possible (if you don't have a band saw) to glue some squares together, and then use your drill press with a hole saw?

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

I think this would be fine with the right sized hole saw.

@friedmule5403

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your reply! :-)

Nice project. Thanks. Is it not easy perhaps, to glue square leather pieces together and then, cut the block in circle using the same system on the saw?

@RussellPlatten

8 жыл бұрын

It may be Marcelo, but it would be more difficult to turn a thicker piece into the blade and could be more dangerous as it would require more effort to turn. Thank you for your comment.

Great idea on how to cut out those circles. I wish I was able to think about solutions to problems that way. My brain gets stuck into "only one way to skin a cat mode" and I have a problem "thinking outside the box".

@RussellPlatten

6 жыл бұрын

The more videos you watch on here, the more ideas you will come up with when you need to solve a problem. Thank you for taking the time to comment. :-)

This is a great idea! Thanks for sharing it. Why not use contact cement to adhere them together? Do they really need to be adhered together? Also, for those without band saws, a holesaw used in reverse , maybe spray leather with soapy water. If no holesaw, use tin snips and spray leather with soapy water if it binds at all.

@RussellPlatten

6 жыл бұрын

+j dog Thanks for your comment JD. The discs do require gluing. Hole saw or snips would probably work and the discs could be dressed once they were dry. :-)

@jdog4534

6 жыл бұрын

Russell Platten ..I see, thanks for the reply. it had occurred to me later that the contoured one on my Tormek is all solid too. Did you say it was camel leather? ..and I recall having to season the tormek one with motor oil. Is that something you would do with this? Oh! Here's an idea. First, realize that I'm pretty frugal. I save the dust at the bottom of the water basin of my sharpener. There's usually quite a bit. I wonder if , instead of gluing the discs , a bigger washer could be used and that tormek dust could be mixed with motor oil and spread on both sides of all layers except the outsides, then sandwiched together and supported by the bigger washers. Maybe cut the washers with a holesaw one size smaller than the one used to cut the leather discs.. so the wheel will be impregnated with fine abrasives. If not stone dust. Maybe baking soda.? Stand aside when first trying..

I agree with @teacheng3795 "Great vid. Clear, explanatory, and very easy to understand. NO useless distracting music that gets in the way of understanding". GREAT VIDEO!!

@RussellPlatten

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! :-)

I liked the video too. I was wondering if cutting 4 inch squares and gluing them together then going corner to corner for the center and cutting one time on the band saw would work?

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

+Bruce Ferguson I reckon it would if you had a narrow blade on the bandsaw, but it would be difficult with a wider blade.

@fergusrb

7 жыл бұрын

Russell Platten wouldn't you need the same type blade wether you cut the disks one at a time or all at once if you glued the pieces together first?

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

+Bruce Ferguson I think that the blade I used would struggle with the radius if the leather was thick. The leather would not flex as much and could bind and stop the blade. It may be ok, I personally would use a narrow blade that could turn in the kerf. The thin leather can flex out of your he way with the thick blade.

@fergusrb

7 жыл бұрын

gotcha..... thanks for clearing that up for me.

Спасибо

@RussellPlatten

5 жыл бұрын

Добро пожаловать

That is one well used knife! May I suggest a variable speed motor like one from a washing machine wired in with a multi-speed or variable speed switch rather than a lathe or standard bench grinder.

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, it would be better. Unfortunately i do not have one.

nice job, im going to make myself an mdf one for the grinder too. check it out they look very good indeed.

@RussellPlatten

8 жыл бұрын

+Elwyn Harris Yes Elwyn, I have seen the MDF wheels, much easier to make and considerably cheaper too!

Hi Russell, firstly thanks for a very useful video, but can you please help me with a bit of detail I seem to have missed. When you mounted the 'rough cut' wheel on the lathe to smooth it, what did you use to take off the ragged edges? I assume it was sandpaper, but what grit did you find worked best? I'd like to know as I bought the Flexcut Powerstrop a couple of years ago but have managed to put a very deep gouge in one edge and would like to smooth it out. Many thanks, Nigel

@RussellPlatten

7 жыл бұрын

+Nigel Paice Thank you for your comment Nigel. I used a square wood turning chisel to take of a skim from the wheel and then finished it off with 240 grit sand paper. I think sand paper will be fine for cleaning up your wheel, but you will need to have it wrapped around a square edge to ensure a nice flat finish. I would use 80, 120 and finish on 240 grit.