One Bevel, Two Bevels, Three Bevels, More?

[Jacob]

Has anyone yet worked out how to sharpen a chisel or plane iron?
Slainte.

You'll need one of these, Richard.

I'm trying to decide if it's overly complicated for my needs, or if it's not involved enough. Whilst I'm weighing up the pros and cons I guess I'll just have to rub along (pun intended) with my loosey goosey slip-shod methods of a grindstone, a bench stone or two, and the palm of my hand to act as a strop with a bit of blade flipping.

Will this be good enough in the interim with which to hack at wood do you think? I've always struggled to get a plane to plane and a chisel to chisel, and wonder if this is limiting my work? Slainte.

I think you've hit the nail. Never forget: "Unless you happen to have an uncanny ability to judge and hold a desired angle freehand, some kind of assistance is definitely called for". Can't recall who said this! :lol: :lol:

 

[Phil Pascoe]

It really is time to call an end to this tripe.

 

[Cheshirechappie]

It really is time to call an end to this tripe.

I was trying to end things on a bit of a laugh. Mignal, Carl, MMUK and Richard saw the point and replied in the spirit (thanks chaps); seems not everyone got the point. Oh well.

Think I agree now. Time for the mods to lock the thread, and we can all move on.

 

[Spindle]

If you want to kill this thread stop responding - it's easy isn't it? :roll: :roll:

From my point of view it makes me chuckle - sometimes it's hard to believe it's intelligent adults contributing :lol: :lol:

 

[Trafalgar]

Not wishing to hijack other threads, I'm curious as the the advantages/disadvantages of having differing numbers of bevels on your blades. I've only ever honed a single bevel on my plane irons and chisels and find it works for me. So, why are there variations? How does it make a difference to performance?

To answer the original question:

Both Planecraft and Joyce (and others) mention a single-bevel iron (and chisels) cutting 'sweeter.' So, it would seem that there are NO advantages from a performance standpoint to having more than one bevel, assuming one finds these sources trustworthy.

If you are using one bevel then don't change a thing.

 

[Scouse]

Haven't been around for a few days, did I miss much?

 

[Cheshirechappie]

Haven't been around for a few days, did I miss much?

Not a thing.

 

[Scouse]

Haven't been around for a few days, did I miss much?

Not a thing.

Really?

Things must have changed. There's usually a sharpening thread at the very least...

 

[Cheshirechappie]

Well, maybe there was something about sharpening on page 1, but since then it's been like Scotland Road on a saturday night - people beating each other over the head with oilstones and jigs, that sort of thing. Nothing unusual, though.