Back bevel sharpening

[Paul Chapman]

Hi Richard,

Welcome to the forum.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Anonymous]

It's a pity that there is not more actual evidence relating to hand plane cutting action,

I think Rob Lee of Veritas fame has published quite a bit on this area

 

[Anonymous]

It is indeed.

The Mk2 version without the spring loaded pin, although you can still hone skewed blades with it by adding a shim between the edge of the blade and one of the locating pins.

The wedge is shopmade; they don't come with one but it's only a few minutes work to make one and you can do custom wedges for the different thicknesses of blade that you want to sharpen.

The main thing that I like about it is the accuracy, the two little steel pegs that the blade locates on keep everything square in the lateral plane; so as long as you get the projection right, it is very easy to get exactly the same setting time and again. Also the broad wheelbase means that the guide and the glass plate are dictating to the blade, not the other way around.

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How do you keep everything so clean?????? I would love my sharpening kit to be that clean :shock:

 

[Karl]

I found this link on Terrry Gordons website which I thought provided some useful info on blade sharpening angles.

Cheers

Karl

 

[matthewwh]

How do you keep everything so clean?????? I would love my sharpening kit to be that clean :shock:

Hi Tony,

That's one of the other things I like about this system. The honing guide wheels run on the plate, not the oily abrasive, so they don't get gunked up.

The camellia oil is non hardening so as long as you pop the whole plate in a poly bag to keep the dust off, you can come back to it weeks later, add another drop, and carry on.

Once the sheets are used up you just peel them off, give the plate a wipe down with a white spirity rag to remove any remaining spray mount and then start afresh.

 

[Alan Smith]

Can I just suggest that anyone that hasn't done so have a read of Richard Kell's blog (see above). It is truly fascinating, although I am biased given that he is one of my metalworking heroes.

 

[Benchwayze]

I am lost too...

Is the discussion of a back-bevel referring to David's trick of lifting the rear of a blade with a rule, when flattening the back of the iron? (This would produce an edge like a 'cold-chisel, I think.)

I have yet to try this but I am going to give 'er a go. If it is a means of tackling difficult grain, then at the moment, I have no real need, having little 'curly-grain' timber in my shop.

I will try it tho' all the same.

Regards John

 

[Benchwayze]

No but they are better at multitasking, so I'm told at least once a day :?

Multi-tasking means a woman will slow down one job, so she can start another. What the ladies conveniently forget is that sooner or later they have to put the second job on the back-burner, so to speak, to finish the first.

Although, they insist we men would forget that the soup had been left simmering, but they wouldn't. They are probably right.

I don't argue about it any more. I just wait until my tea is ready, then eat it when it's plated up and put on the table.

Sometimes I even cook Sunday lunch!




Like I said, me Missus is great! \/
John