Sharpening Tools, Part 4

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 […]

October 15th, 2008 | Category: Hand Tools, Sharpening, Tools, Tutorials, Woodworking | Leave a comment

Sharpening Tools, Part 3

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 […]

October 10th, 2008 | Category: Hand Tools, Sharpening, Tools, Tutorials, Woodworking | 4 comments

Sharpening Tools, Part 2

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 […]

October 9th, 2008 | Category: Hand Tools, Sharpening, Tools, Tutorials, Woodworking | Leave a comment

Sharpening Tools, Part 1

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 […]

October 8th, 2008 | Category: Hand Tools, Sharpening, Tools, Tutorials, Woodworking | 2 comments

Making a Skew Rabbet Plane

So far, I have hammered into shape a bit of steel.

The one on the left is the original. The other two are attempts of mine. Notice that I am not apparently much good at selecting the right size to begin with.

Both of these I think will work, but I want to come […]

October 1st, 2008 | Category: Hand Tools, Metalworking, Tool Making, Tools | 2 comments
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