Bull!!!! I have plenty of tools and plenty of years and plenty of experience. I can give you a better hollow grind on the hard wheel of a belt sander than you can get from most anything else. I will put my chisels and edges up against anything you have, let's start installing locksets in hardwood jambs and doors. ============================================================ Belt grinders are standard in the knife making trade due to low heat generated and quick grit change.
And maybe better suited to putting the very small angled bevel you generally want on a knife? Just a guess.
ing order for a friend of mine. =A0These must be the former Marples, as the= y're pretty much identical. =A0But not totally. =A0I have a 10 year old set= of Marples, and I don't recall the factory grind being quite so poor, espe= cially the primary bevel. =A0It's practically toothed. =A0Not so sure about= steel quality. =A0The backs aren't flat really either, but this I recall w= as the same with the Marples. =A0The 1.25" took some fairly serious effort = even with fresh 120 on a granite surface plate.
quite top heavy, and I actually drilled out a bunch of holes in the handle = of my 1" to improve balance. =A0And they are also in reality metric, not im= perial. =A0Which is not the system we use at work. =A0And since I've been a= cquiring good quality antique chisels I've noticed that I'm not real impres= sed with the edge retention.
Raising the honing angle 2 degrees makes a huge difference with how well Marples chisels hold an edge.
In my case I find Marples chisels' edges are very dependent on how attentive my kids are... For example, in a matter of a few days I lost perhaps 1/4" in length off my 1/2" chisel. One day my son accidently jabbed it into the steel Record vice and broke a corner off the edge. A few days later he dropped it on the concrete floor and broke the other corner off. By the time I ground it back to a straight edge and ground a new bevel on it it lost quite a bit of length. ;~)
Nothing to get upset about... stuff happens. I'd rather loose a 1/4" of chisel than not have my kids using them...
John
They're inexpensive. Brittle, though. Cheap Stanleys make better prybars.
They aren't just used for sharpening, they're used for shaping as well. Many turners also use belt sanders for sharpening their turning tools.
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