Patent ID: 9289874
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B24B,B24D

Claim Text:
1. A modular, member interchangeable honing guide system for holding and sharpening or honing a plurality of differently shaped edge-tools, of which a plurality of honing guide configurations are moved with random or unidirectional manual motion across a work surface, and a cutting edge of the edge-tools are moved across an abrading medium, the modular honing guide system configurations capable of interchangeably mounting and positioning a plurality of interchangeable edge-tool clamps or guide bodies comprising: a honing guide base configuration and a honing guide body configuration, the honing guide base configuration comprising an elongated main rod, at least one elongated base leg, an annular leg collar, and a key the main rod configured with at least one indexing keyway groove arranged on an outer surface to indexably clamp an end to the honing guide body configuration, the annular leg collar configured with a plurality of leg collar keyway grooves angularly spaced on an inside diameter to indexably align one of the plurality of leg collar keyway grooves with the at least one indexing keyway groove on the main rod wherein a key is selectively inserted into both the indexing keyway groove and the leg collar keyway groove to fix an angular position between the annular leg collar and the main rod, the leg collar, with the fixed angular position, configured to slide and rotate along the outer surface of the main rod and adjustably mount to the main rod to lock a desired sharpened bevel angle and skew angle, the at least one elongated base leg removably secured, or permanently affixed, to the leg collar to radially extend from the leg collar wherein the sharpened bevel angle and skew angle of a tool with a cutting edge is set and maintained during random or uniform motion of the honing guide against the abrading medium, the honing guide body configuration comprising a tool holding portion and a base member attachment interface longitudinally spaced from the tool holding portion wherein the base member attachment interface to provide an indexable attachment interface to secure the end of the main rod at a selected angle relative to the honing guide body configuration; wherein the tool with a cutting edge to be sharpened is secured into the honing guide body configuration, the honing guide body configuration is attached to the end of main rod at an indexable angle, the at least one elongated base leg is secured to the annular leg collar, the annular leg collar is indexed on the main rod to a desired skew angle relative to the honing guide body and slidably positioned along the outer surface of the main rod and locked at a desired bevel angle and skew angle, wherein the honing guide system configuration is placed with the at least one elongated base leg resting on a work surface with the cutting edge to be sharpened placed on an abrading medium held at a desired bevel and skew angle while random or uniform motion is applied to the assembled honing guide system to currently slide the base leg along the work surface and slide the cutting edge of the tool along the abrading medium to perform a desired sharpening operation.