Comments on: Sharpening Tools, Part 5 http://toolmakingart.com/2008/10/16/sharpening-tools-part-4-2/ Timeless Tools Mon, 24 May 2010 20:49:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Caring For And Sharpening Your Woodworking Chisels | Woodworking Blog http://toolmakingart.com/2008/10/16/sharpening-tools-part-4-2/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Caring For And Sharpening Your Woodworking Chisels | Woodworking Blog Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:03:22 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=446#comment-230 [...] Sharpening Tools, Part 4 [...] [...] Sharpening Tools, Part 4 [...]

]]> By: Skip J. http://toolmakingart.com/2008/10/16/sharpening-tools-part-4-2/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Skip J. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:58:23 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=446#comment-229 Thanks - it's really self-preservation... even in soft pine, that corner wears off quickly if I don't (with no nicker). And as you know quite well, sharpenening back to behind a nick eats up blade length in a hurry.... I am really looking forward to using this beast on white oak, it makes a rabbet in a hurry, but only in the one size because the fence is not adjustable. It's 18" long - so it needs a long board to register on, but very stable when I do. It is the most expensive handtool I've bought, but on close inspection the handle's been replaced poorly and the whole thing stained the same color. Still, I look at the prices of new woodies and it's a bargin the way it is. Skip Thanks – it’s really self-preservation… even in soft pine, that corner wears off quickly if I don’t (with no nicker). And as you know quite well, sharpenening back to behind a nick eats up blade length in a hurry…. I am really looking forward to using this beast on white oak, it makes a rabbet in a hurry, but only in the one size because the fence is not adjustable. It’s 18″ long – so it needs a long board to register on, but very stable when I do. It is the most expensive handtool I’ve bought, but on close inspection the handle’s been replaced poorly and the whole thing stained the same color. Still, I look at the prices of new woodies and it’s a bargin the way it is.

Skip

]]> By: BobStrawn http://toolmakingart.com/2008/10/16/sharpening-tools-part-4-2/comment-page-1/#comment-228 BobStrawn Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:42:06 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=446#comment-228 I think using the saw, like you do, is a wise option. Using a saw where one can, is a faster method of removing wood in general than using a plane. I tend to saw, even saw multiple passes first, and chip out. I use planes for finishing. Bob I think using the saw, like you do, is a wise option.
Using a saw where one can, is a faster method of removing wood in general than using a plane. I tend to saw, even saw multiple passes first, and chip out. I use planes for finishing.

Bob

]]> By: Skip J. http://toolmakingart.com/2008/10/16/sharpening-tools-part-4-2/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Skip J. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:50:25 +0000 http://toolmakingart.com/?p=446#comment-227 Hello Bob; My woodie is a fixed fence rabbet with no skew, and I was expecting to get a lot more use from it this year after re-sharpening it again. It always gets a little better every time I do; your article explains very well why it does, thanks! This year will be with the diamond grit so it should really improve this time. I had thought it good only for softwoods so far, but it mite be able to cut hardwoods after this time. It doesn't have a nicker either. so I have always found it easier to saw cut a kerf in on the cut line first instead of digging the point of the blade in all the way down to the bottom. Just waiting for that magical time after Thanksgiving to arrive first.... Skip Hello Bob;

My woodie is a fixed fence rabbet with no skew, and I was expecting to get a lot more use from it this year after re-sharpening it again. It always gets a little better every time I do; your article explains very well why it does, thanks! This year will be with the diamond grit so it should really improve this time. I had thought it good only for softwoods so far, but it mite be able to cut hardwoods after this time. It doesn’t have a nicker either. so I have always found it easier to saw cut a kerf in on the cut line first instead of digging the point of the blade in all the way down to the bottom.

Just waiting for that magical time after Thanksgiving to arrive first….

Skip

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