Edge Angle You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters. Saint Berna

As the points of the Bedan are used when this tool is employed, these must be the focus of the sharpening activity.

When honing, I use a 1,000 grit diamond stone to touch up the left & right sides, and the bottom.

Edges to be honed

Notes & Comments

Information regarding Grindstones

Other Opinions

• Ernie Conover recommends an α of 25°-30° in The Lathe Book.
• Marty Kiminsky noted that an α of 15-30° is generally recommended for this tool in "Woodturning" magazine, issue # 352. (He did not note a personal preference though.)

More Information

Books & Papers

• The Lathe Book, by Ernie Conover.
• "Woodturning" magazine, issue # 352.
• Some information presented is from the Tormek handbook, "Water Cooled Sharpening of Edge Tools".

Videos & Presentations

• Tormek Sharpening Classes: Part 5 - Woodturning Tools (YouTube video). Want to learn how you get your woodturning tools razor-sharp? In this week's sharpening class we take a closer look at the tools for the woodturner; Gouges, skews, parting tools, scrapers, cutters and more. Sèbastian and Wolfgang will show you the methods for sharpening all these turning tools and how you achieve repeatable edges every time. Stay tuned and hit us with your questions during the stream!
• Tormek Sharpening Classes: Part 23 - Reshaping woodturning tools on a bench grinder (YouTube video). In this episode of the Tormek sharpening classes we explain how you can quickly and with full control, re-profile your turning tools on your bench grinder. The BGM-100 Bench Grinder Mounting Kit allows you to use the same jig settings as on your water-cooled Tormek sharpening system. It is therefore easy to do the rough shaping on the bench grinder and then continue to sharpen and maintain the edge of your Tormek machine.
• DMT Tools Honing a Bedan Woodturning Tool (YouTube video). A good video showing how to hone the Bedan.
• DMT Honing Tools Sharpening a Bedan Part 2 (YouTube video). A good video showing how to sharpen the Bedan using diamond plates.
• Bedan Practice #2 (YouTube video). A good video showing how to use the Bedan.
• How to sharpen roughing gouges, skews & parting tools - Tormek SVS-50 Multi Jig - with Nick Agar (YouTube video). In this third episode, Nick Agar shows how to sharpen a roughing gouge with a few simple steps using the open seat of Tormek's Multi Jig SVS-50. Further, he shows how to sharpen a parting tool and a skew using the closed seat of the SVS-50. Nick also demonstrates how to use the Tormek Marker Method when setting the angle and how to sharpen a custom skew shape on the side of Tormek's Diamond Wheel using MB-100 Multi Base. Bedans are sharpened similarly to the diamond parting tool. The part about parting tools starts around 3:25.
• Jeff Farris - Sharpening with the Tormek SVS-50 Multi-Jig (YouTube video).
• Tormek Multi jig SVS-50 (YouTube video)
• Tormek Turning Tool Setter TTS-100 (YouTube video)
• Tormek AngleMaster WM-200 (YouTube video)