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Great sharpening set up

Post by nkforster » Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:56 am

I've been using a variation on this set up for years - which I first saw on Youtube in another Japanese video.


youtu.be/_Gl4Y--5C88

Worth watching the whole thing - its the best solution I've found for narrow chisels and plane blades. And no, the jig does not make your blades curved.

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Post by Mark McLean » Sat Nov 28, 2020 10:16 am

A great system - and a simply beautiful instructional video. Very impressive. Thanks for sharing it Nigel.

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Post by simso » Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:31 pm

Really nice doing things by hand, great sense of saitisfaction.

I am just too lazy, i use machines to sharpen

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Post by Andos » Sat Nov 28, 2020 3:02 pm

Satisfaction be dammed. The machine is on the bucket list, but until then, one of those jigs looks easy to make and use. Thanks for the video.
I was planing some recycled rimu and found a old nail.
Took me 1/2 the night to hone out resulting divot - a drum sander is also on that bucket list.

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Post by Lillian » Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:10 am

Sweet. Thanks for sharing.

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Post by simonm » Fri Dec 04, 2020 5:57 am

Thanks. Another for the to do list. I have a look at a couple of other videos from the same guy. Quite interesting. The homemade cyclone caught my eye.

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Post by asgilbert » Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:25 pm

Question: So would all edges have the radius of the arm on them and if so, does it matter?

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Re: Great sharpening set up

Post by nkforster » Wed Dec 09, 2020 7:50 pm

Do you mean "would this make the blades edge curved?" No, it doesn't. They come out flat.

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