Double Bass how to sharpen my endpin

[Edvin]

I'd like to get my endpin nail sharpened. It is pretty sharp, but i would be happy having it even sharper (just to be safe).
Could i ask my luthier to do it? I'm gonna fix the nut so i could fix that as well. In other case; have any of you done it yourself? Sandpaper or how?

Happy holidays!

 

[Ed Fuqua]

Depends on your endpin I guess, my Goetz is hardened steel so sandpaper ain't gonna cut it. It's probably going to need to be some kind of metal grinding wheel.

http://www.stringemporium.com/upright-bass-endpins.htm

 

[Edvin]

Depends on your endpin I guess, my Goetz is hardened steel so sandpaper ain't gonna cut it. It's probably going to need to be some kind of metal grinding wheel.

http://www.stringemporium.com/upright-bass-endpins.htm

yeah, mine is that to.. I'll check with my luthier!

 

[Huy Nguyen]

I'd use a bastard file. It's easy to overdo it with power tools.

 

[SAlcott]

I'd use a bastard file. It's easy to overdo it with power tools.

Yup.

 

[robobass]

I stick mine in a cordless drill and hold it against a grinding wheel. Works if it's not too long and ain't bent!

 

[bejoyous]

I keep a small file in my bass case.

To sharpen the endpin:

1. take it all the way out, hold the butt end under your left elbow (if right handed) so the pointy end is in your left hand.

2. Roll the top of the endpin towards you while pushing the file away from you. Try to keep the face of the file flat against the bevel so the point becomes pencil-shaped rather than bullet-shaped.

You'll be the bass and cello section hero.