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Sharpening chisels and block plane blades
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:08 am
by kencierp
This is worth a look ---- Actually you don't even need the plate glass a piece MDF will be fine -- --- And YES!! its really this easy/simple -- makes you wonder what you were led to believe regarding how to get tools sharp -- I undersand that one of the high priced Luthier Schools spends a week on sharpening a chisel and block plane blade--- NO JOKE!!
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plate glass sharpening video to the right of the viewing window.
http://www.woodsmithshop.com/episodes/s ... 2_wbtp.flv
Re: Sharpening chisels and block plane blades
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 12:52 pm
by tippie53
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_OZI_8k7h4
At the open house Todd Stock gave a good hands on demo on sharpening. Between the links Ken posted and this you will find a system that willdo the trick for you. A sharp chisel is a tool , a dull chisel is an accident waiting to happen
Re: Sharpening chisels and block plane blades
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:26 pm
by Ken Hundley
May Dad always said there is nothing more dangerous or useless than a dull tool. Think about that.
Re: Sharpening chisels and block plane blades
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:52 am
by deadedith
"Double Bevel Sharpening" is a short but precise book available from Brian Burns. Maybe his method is overkill, but once mastered it is just as quick as any other method more accurate than many - so worth a look.
www.lessonsinlutherie.com. $12 for the book I think.
DaveB
Re: Sharpening chisels and block plane blades
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:44 am
by naccoachbob
Ken Hundley wrote:May Dad always said there is nothing more dangerous or useless than a dull tool. Think about that.
I can testify to that. Kept me off the golf course for 2 weeks when a dull chisel sliced my thumb.
Possibly as much a dull mind as a dull tool.
Bob
Re: Sharpening chisels and block plane blades
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:19 pm
by Tspaxton
Yeah, Ken! I can attest to the excellence of that methodology... been doing it for years that way, even before I could spell Lootheeyer. :-)
Re: Sharpening chisels and block plane blades
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:40 pm
by penndan
I've been using the Scary Sharp method for a bunch of years.
http://www.woodworkstuff.net/scary.html
Pretty much the same as some of you have outlined. Various grits of emory paper glued on to glass plate. Gets my chisels and planes scary sharp!
Dan
Re: Sharpening chisels and block plane blades
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:17 pm
by SharpsShooter
I get good results using Japanese water stones, I bought them from Lee Valley about twenty years ago to sharpen knives.
Re: Sharpening chisels and block plane blades
Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 2:44 am
by denny80
Thanks for post it is really helpful for me.i am a new guitar player.