Omar Haltam
Elite Cafe Member
I saw this video of graver sharpening by an old school watch smith that I thought you might enjoy....
https://youtu.be/vyICo56IH8g
https://youtu.be/vyICo56IH8g
This is essentially how I sharpen my lathe gravers, although I did make a couple of collet based diamond wheels to use instead of the stones. The engraving gravers we needed for my engraving class at Connor Prairie were made from the same tool stock but have a heel. They had a strip sander to do the rough shaping and a GRS power hone to finish. The power hone is wonderful and so superior to trying to sharpen by hand that there really is no comparison. Until I can either find a bargain or can budget the purchase I am using a hybrid system with the GRS graver holder and some diamond stones.
For lathe use you want no heel and typically use the edge in a shearing cut, saving the fragile tip for only when you need it.
Troy
the site search bar may show some very good alternative power sharpening gizmos.