Best Method for Sharpening your Chisels and Plane Irons - WOOD magazine

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  • Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
  • Learn the best methods for sharpening your chisels and plane irons. WOOD magazine's John Olson compares four methods and gives the pros and cons for each.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 63

  • @maxpsanchu7386
    @maxpsanchu7386 Рік тому +28

    I'm really pleased with this! It works like a charm ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxDcr-y2Pf6xdnrFHrSP7dl9kpKaCozcSQ Takes less time than my old electric sharpener because it can take more off the knife faster, and then it smooths out nicely with the finer grit polisher. I don't know how long it will last before the grit wears away, but I wouldn't mind having to replace it every once in a while.

  • @hunterbenoit9668
    @hunterbenoit9668 3 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @allenbournes4697
    @allenbournes4697 3 роки тому

    Bravo - very clear.

  • @1959Berre
    @1959Berre 5 років тому +3

    I have a 'coticule', also known as a 'Belgian block', a natural stone, quarried in the Ardennes near the city of Liege. I inherited this stone from my granddad. The coticule quarry has been reopened for commercial exploitation a couple of years ago, after it had been out of production for decades. The grid is 4000-6000; it is a water stone. The water stays on the surface, so the stone does not need to be soaked, just spray water on top of it. The metal and stone particles make a fine slurry that can polish to a mirror shine. Nowadays a coticule is rather expensive, depending its size it can cost a couple of hundreds. Each time I sharpen my tools I remember my granddad and I thank him for this wonderful gift.

  • @harrydavis6903
    @harrydavis6903 6 років тому +2

    Great tutorial. Thanks, John. Well done.

  • @jeffreywaldo1742
    @jeffreywaldo1742 5 років тому +3

    Very useful for a new guy like me. Could you share the model of jig you mention that came from Lee Valley Tools? Many thanks.

    • @nelunicoara4483
      @nelunicoara4483 3 роки тому

      @@Wood Very expensive for somethig which roll on stone surface. It will be permanently grinded

  • @thomassutherland5188
    @thomassutherland5188 4 роки тому +3

    Thoughts on a water wheel grinder, to keep heat down?

    • @cfbarnett
      @cfbarnett 2 роки тому +3

      They work. see my comment below "Buy a Tormek" above.

  • @felineth56
    @felineth56 5 років тому

    Great video!

  • @rickyburton4642
    @rickyburton4642 4 роки тому

    That’s great 😃 ! Now which brand chisel should I get?🤔

  • @rolandkuhn9066
    @rolandkuhn9066 4 роки тому

    Great video. I still use sandpaper on the final stage but use diamonds for all stages prior the the final honing. Want a Shapton ceramic or glass stone in the 6 to 8 thousand grit for my final honing stage. Hate keeping a tub of water for the stones to soak in.

    • @nelunicoara4483
      @nelunicoara4483 3 роки тому

      with 8 thousand grit you should obtain a REAL MIRROR surface.

  • @amdenis
    @amdenis 5 років тому +5

    Great recommendations, and really nicely done video. I have one question. Why do you bother getting the entire back flat, and not just the last 1/8” or so? I typically just elevate the handle end of the chisel blade by about 0.125mm or so (e.g. on a small metal ruler under that end of the blade surface), to get the chisel up at about 1/15th of a degree or so. That allows just the last 1/8” or so to quickly become a flattened cutting surface. It takes about 1 minute with a new or poorly maintained blade, verses maybe 15 minutes the other way.
    I know that many of the better Scandinavian, Japanese, British and some other chisels have a concave back to reduce the amount of metal you have to remove, just for this exact purpose. I used to do it the way you showed, until I got my first white hardened Japanese chisel. About an hour into still trying to work the back flat, I thought that there must be abetter way. It was at that point I started working on just the last bit of blades, about 35 years ago, which then became part of my sharpening workflow that allows me quickly keep my blades sharp at all times.

    • @d.k.1394
      @d.k.1394 5 років тому +1

      make yer own video

    • @markcahoon2534
      @markcahoon2534 5 років тому

      It's good to see someone has some common sense.
      Thanks.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 4 роки тому +2

      You can't use the ruler trick on chisels. Well, you can, but you screw up registration. You're only supposed to use the ruler trick on plane irons. I don't even use it there.

    • @amdenis
      @amdenis 4 роки тому

      @@1pcfred - I just use my 60-grit grinding wheel for all my Tasai chisels, since it's much faster than messing about with stones and rulers. Just kidding.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 4 роки тому

      @@amdenis 60 grit is OK for hollow grinding. Once a bevel is hollow ground then honing goes faster.

  • @garybayless6328
    @garybayless6328 4 роки тому

    What is the brand name of the diamond sharpening stone you are using?

  • @izatafactnow
    @izatafactnow 4 роки тому +2

    hes using a VERITAS honing guide that you can buy at Lee Valley.. both i would highly recommend indeed

    • @izatafactnow
      @izatafactnow 3 роки тому

      @Landen Jay I don’t get it! Are you some add trash guy or... hope your getting paid to plop non related comments here and there... what am I not getting...

    • @izatafactnow
      @izatafactnow 3 роки тому

      @Landen Jay her there’s marbled cheddar cheese on special at the local shop and drop does anyone care... anyone.... you Jay?!

  • @snowwalker9999
    @snowwalker9999 5 років тому

    What is the 6000 ceramic stone called? Is that Shapton Glass 6000 grit?

  • @louiskern1413
    @louiskern1413 5 років тому +13

    It it just me or does he completely skip over removing the burr?

    • @nelunicoara4483
      @nelunicoara4483 3 роки тому +1

      it is just you. It should not has burr if you work corectly.

  • @GB-mu9ue
    @GB-mu9ue 2 місяці тому

    I mean we’ve already spent how much? The diamond stone, the ceramic stone, the bench grinder? A beginner isn’t going to need all that. Just a water stone and at most a honing jig, although it’s best to learn how to do it by hand so you will always have this skill.

  • @slimey831
    @slimey831 4 роки тому

    What is a good brand to buy?

    • @Gravy_Master
      @Gravy_Master 3 роки тому +2

      A good brand of what? Bench Grinder? Diamond Stone? Chisel?

  • @richardc6932
    @richardc6932 6 місяців тому

    Surprised that you didn’t overheat the blade on the grinder 🙀, I didn’t see you dipping the chisel in water.

  • @1pcfred
    @1pcfred 4 роки тому +2

    Pretty much how I do it. Although I strop on a compound charged leather too.

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      @jaylendevon4104 3 роки тому

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    • @jaxonatlas1592
      @jaxonatlas1592 3 роки тому

      @Jaylen Devon Instablaster :)

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      @jaylendevon4104 3 роки тому

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      @jaylendevon4104 3 роки тому

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    • @jaxonatlas1592
      @jaxonatlas1592 3 роки тому

      @Jaylen Devon Happy to help xD

  • @robohippy
    @robohippy 2 роки тому

    Surprised you didn't strop the plane iron before using it. There is still a micro burr from the 6000 grit stone, and it needs to be removed.

  • @w4447
    @w4447 4 роки тому +1

    but how do you know the face of the sharpening stones or diamond stone is flat?

    • @nelunicoara4483
      @nelunicoara4483 3 роки тому

      YES !!!!! Very good question, especialy when buy new ones very expensive.

  • @terranceegan254
    @terranceegan254 4 роки тому +1

    I have my bench grinder too wasn't being snooty alot of choice out there dont hate me

  • @Blackflag.actual
    @Blackflag.actual 6 років тому +10

    He just lost the temper on that blade edge with that grinding

    • @BogdanSzczurek
      @BogdanSzczurek 5 років тому +25

      I don't know. He seemed pretty calm to me ;}

    • @Raymo853inLeDroit
      @Raymo853inLeDroit 4 роки тому

      Was the chisel on the wheel long enough to heat up that much?

    • @grounded-b937
      @grounded-b937 4 роки тому +1

      If it stayed cool enough to hold in your bare hand, it didn't get hot enough to lose it's temper

  • @curtbrooks7495
    @curtbrooks7495 5 років тому +14

    Step 1 to sharpen a chisel spend $500

  • @ChetKloss
    @ChetKloss 6 років тому +1

    Is it me or is the exposure of this video too dark?

  • @JustMe-ku6rk
    @JustMe-ku6rk 4 роки тому

    Once he said bench grinder I stopped the video. No need to go any further. No way I'm grinding my chisels. I don't care what kind of grinding stone you're using.

  • @thomaskirkpatrick4031
    @thomaskirkpatrick4031 4 роки тому

    I know there's more to it then that to end up with a sharp tool. You never removed the wire edge from the iron, after you sharpened the bevel.

  • @nelunicoara4483
    @nelunicoara4483 3 роки тому

    Wrong work. You must slide on entire surface of the stone to keep in time its shape.

  • @coops9871
    @coops9871 4 роки тому

    What a complete chopper

  • @roughroosterknifesharpenin5531
    @roughroosterknifesharpenin5531 3 роки тому

    Boy you have youre grits all over the place. And youre information on diamond stones are incorrect

  • @hrxy1
    @hrxy1 5 років тому +1

    Shite

  • @usageorgepa.3293
    @usageorgepa.3293 6 років тому +1

    Another sharpening video,,,just what we needed since there are apx. 99,999 of them on you tube alone.... Video producers throw out the same old shit, rehashed and ,,,well here's another waste of time.

    • @instantrewardspoints
      @instantrewardspoints 5 років тому

      WOOD magazine 😂😂

    • @dubyajayyo
      @dubyajayyo 5 років тому +1

      USAGeorge Pa.
      I haven’t watched many, but this is the best so far.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 4 роки тому

      @@dubyajayyo yeah most sharpening videos are bull pucky. This is the right way to do it. Well, I'd have liked to have seen the tool stropped after it was honed. Can't have everything I guess?

    • @wilsonandlucy
      @wilsonandlucy 4 роки тому

      @@Wood Get em WOOD Mag......ain't nobody got time for that.