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Stone Hook

F

OR YEARS,I HAVE COLLECTEDsharpening stones from yard sales
and happily used them in my workshop. Because no two stones
are the same size, I built a simple device that I can adapt to hold
stones of different length and width. I call it a stone hook, and the
design is based on that of a bench hook. The device is a simple wood-
en block fitted with a fence at each end. A pair of wedges lock the
stones into the block against a spacer piece sized for each stone. Wedge
the stone into the block, and then clamp the block onto the work-
bench with the bench vise.
—JAMESSCALONE,San Diego, Calif.

SHARPENING & GRINDING

Lock stone in place

with wedges.

Block sized to

each stone.