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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 this [...] 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 [...] Our goal is to make a scraper do this, make nice long fluffy shavings. Nice fluffy shavings means a well polished wood surface. There are a lot of ways to tune a scraper. The following is my preferred method, and it works quite well. The goal is to shape a hook edge on the end of the scraper. You [...] Brent Beach brings a dimension to the art of woodworking that is as essential as it is rare, Science. He has tested materials and methods of sharpening, isolated variables and best of all shared the results. His website provides data that is researched and tested. Many of my best methods have been influenced or just [...] |
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