ReHardening Your Plane Iron
…usually pensioned the plane irons off and installed a new one because the steel isn’t hardened all the way through and so returns to the sharpening stones came a little…
…usually pensioned the plane irons off and installed a new one because the steel isn’t hardened all the way through and so returns to the sharpening stones came a little…
…grits to 16,000 gives a highly polished edge, but this sounds as though you must now go out and buy four very expensive sharpening stones to do what we have…
Sharpening chisels—forget weaker micro bevels Controversial though it may seem, and though adopting micro-bevel methods for sharpening chisels may seem to make sense, a freehand convex bevel actually gives exactly…
…I said. The older men used natural stones, which were much more expensive and harder to get hold of whereas we younger ones generally relied on man-made combination stones made…
…that if you sharpen your wits about sharpening it will become a quick and easy task without fear to sharpen any saw! And don’t be scared! If you’ve avoided sharpening…
…sharpened on 2″ wide whetstones that were mostly natural stones. These stones hollowed and that is what gave them the ability to create their perfect and natural macro camber. The…
…it be a long term sharpening solution to sharpening. Not only will it prove the most expensive option if prolonged over months and years, but it’s also more the impracticality…
…with a zig zag of silicone. I want to be able to easily remove the stones f I need to and this works best for bedding the stones but gluing…
…to poor economy. Oilstones, water stones in general last a thousand times longer than abrasive papers and film. Diamond plates rely on the reality that they re the hardest known…
Introduction I have written this blog post for those who have crosscut saws that need sharpening. It is not about restoring a crosscut saw (even though sharpening is a restorative…