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I ended up talking with Glenn Lucas himself.  He uses the tool rest (SVD-110) in the vertical position.  He said that with a piece of steel that big, it's easy to keep steady with the Tormek wheel coming into the tool, so it's being pushed down onto the rest.  He send me a number of images.  I'm attaching one that sums it up best.

I tried it and now have a perfect edge.

Thanks for you input,
Grey

Thanks, I'll do that.  It is a pretty big handle.

Grey

I just went out to refresh my memory of sharpening the GL1. Just make sure that you are standing to one side so that you can stay out of the way of the handle swing.

Mike

Thanks for the response.  I'm using it horizontally.  I'll try it again.  That big curve is tricky and I was hoping there was a better jig.

Grey

The SVD-110 is the proper choice. Were you using it horizontally or vertically? Scrapers are normally done vertically, but the GL1 is really a skew chisel and should best be done horizontally. Try practicing the sharpening motion with the T8 turned off, and when you get the feel for smoothly swinging the tool, try again with the machine on. Swinging that long handle around with the changing blade curve is not easy. You can also try sharpening one end of the curve, then the other end, and then blend the two in the middle.

Mike

I just bought Glenn Lucas's GL1 negative rake scraper with a french curve (I'm hoping the attachment works so you can see what it looks like).  It has a 33 degree angle on both sides of the steel as well as going around the curve on one corner.  I can't figure out how to get it smoothly sharpened on my T8.  Being 1 3/8" wide, it wont fit in my SVS-50 multi jig for skew chisels, though I doubt that jig would work because of how long the curve extends around one corner of the steel.  I tried the SVD-110 Tool Rest, getting it set to the 33 degree angle to the wheel, but when I try to round the corner on that curve it makes a mess of the grind on the steel.  This may be all my fault.

Anyway, I was wondering if someone knew of the best jig to use for this type of tool, if one exist.

Thanks for any help
Grey