Keeping Things Sharp

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John Reid
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Keeping Things Sharp

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It may not be the most exciting post, but I’m excited! Working on my next two guitars, and, for the first time I think I finally got my block plane blade decently sharp.

I remember last year on my first guitar when thicknessing the top, it worked, but I did have to put some force into it. A couple weeks ago I tuned up my planes and this morning I redid my block plane. On my first stroke I couldn’t believe how easily it went through the wood! What a world of difference.

Reading some of the forum posts have encouraged me to do better.

Ok, back I go into the shop…
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Re: Keeping Things Sharp

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Nice. I think that learning to sharpen chisels and planes properly is the most difficult and most important thing to learn about lutherie.
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if tools are not sharp they are just pretty pieces of metal
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Re: Keeping Things Sharp

Post by Diane Kauffmds »

If tools aren't sharp, they're dangerous. It's not a boring post at all. I need to do the same thing, and you've reminded me to get them done.
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