I sharpen my chisels with my belt sander.... seems to work for me.
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Sandpaper Sharpening
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17 years ago
I've never used a waterstone, but have you tried out any oil stones? I've got a set of hard Arkansas stones, and they aren't showing much noticable wear after a lot of use. I've tried the scary-sharp method with the sandpaper as well, but I found the same thing you have- I just went through too much paper. $30 worth of stone has lasted for years, and makes an edge that seems to me to be just as good.
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10 years ago
See ABPW for an Adobe attachment of a WoodSmithShop design.
Well thought out IMHO.
Lew
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10 years ago
------------------------------------------------------------------ Can't get file to upload, Astraweb complains file is too big.
Oh well.
You can go to:
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Find episode 109, and you can download the Adobe file.
Lew
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10 years ago
How Big?
If it is pictures you can probably shring it with many Photo programs. The resolution can be quite bad and look reasonable on a screen.
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10 years ago
Interesting. Thank you for the link. I have a jig just like he does but I didn't use it (I didn't realize it would hold a gouge--if I once knew, I forgot).
His setup has a lot going for it. I was surprised he didn't do more work on the back before proceding to work on the bevel (right after the first grit).
I may practice sharpening some more tonight; thanks for some inspiration.
Bill
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--------------------------------------- Who knows.
I'm not going to reinvent the wheel when a direct solution exists.
Lew
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10 years ago
Gets a bit closer...
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10 years ago
also added The Art Of Woodworking Vol 5 - Sharpening And Tool Care.PDF its a self extracting rar file (.exe) 92,609KB total size posted in 60 -1,424 KB .rar files with 4 recover volumes Also added some .Par files its been a long time since I rar'd up a file and posted multi parts.tested the volumes and passed, when extracting I get an error message, but the file is intact and works
Okay, it posted and works(at least at this end)