Dubbing.
We are not perfect in our methods.
An ideal edge might be perfectly keen. Sadly we will rock a bit as we sharpen. at the very end we tend to rock just a smidgeon, and cause a fine dub.
Now we have a bit of an issue.
When we rock it back […]
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The Gritty Details Here is a table of the relative grit sizes of the different standards used. CAMI is the American Standard, and for a long time is was the main standard. The European standard, FEPA, is more precise, and so FEPA graded sandpaper tends to work faster than CAMI. JIS is used for Japanese […] My method of sharpening is to make two extremely flat surfaces that intersect. This intersection is the edge. To make a flat surface flat the first time, I grind it on a flat surface with an abraisve powder. The flat surface I use is a slab of annealed O1 tool steel. The Japanese would call […] Sharpening is the key issue for using hand tools for wood work. If you cannot sharpen, then hand tools will not perform for you. Sharpening is a simple task. It is pretty easy to get an extraordinarily sharp blade. It does not take long to sharpen a tool, and it does not require years of […] If you read my previous post, then my template may be familiar. A good method is to use the template to set up the stops on your measuring equipment. The stops in this case are a pair of brass stair gauges attached to a large carpenters square. These two gauges once set to […] |
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