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Pinnacle Honing Guide
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Paul Kierstead
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I can't take it anymore.
It looks a little hokey to me.
okok, there, I got that out of the way, my apologies.
It looks a little hokey to me.
okok, there, I got that out of the way, my apologies.
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Paul Kierstead":2k4k619c said:
Paul,
You totally cracked me up. I was trying to resist saying something about it, as well. It looks like something that would be involved in the next robotic Mars mission. Apologies to all, as well. Sorry. Really, I am.
-Andy :twisted:
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Does anyone know how long it takes to sharpen a chisel?
It does look like a fantastic gadget though
It does look like a fantastic gadget though
David C
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Preparation of the flat polished back, (near the edge, not over the whole back) is a variable feast according to how well the manufacturer has done the job.
It has taken me anything between 15 minutes and two hours. Large bellied or twisted chisels say 1 1/2" wide can take an age. Some particularly awful specimens might just be impossible. This job is only done once, though it might need repeating in many years time as the chisel gets shorter.
Once this has been done, the bevel side work takes me about 4 minutes, which includes getting stones out and put away and hands washed.
About every seven or eight resharpenings I need to regrind which takes maybe 10 mins max, though to be honest I have not timed this.
The secret of fast resharpening is to keep the honing bevel narrow, the wider it gets the more strokes it takes to create the small wire edge, which is the signal that we have removed enough metal to get past the bluntness and damage that use has inflicted.
These times and observations apply to the method I choose to use, there are many other methods............
David Charlesworth
It has taken me anything between 15 minutes and two hours. Large bellied or twisted chisels say 1 1/2" wide can take an age. Some particularly awful specimens might just be impossible. This job is only done once, though it might need repeating in many years time as the chisel gets shorter.
Once this has been done, the bevel side work takes me about 4 minutes, which includes getting stones out and put away and hands washed.
About every seven or eight resharpenings I need to regrind which takes maybe 10 mins max, though to be honest I have not timed this.
The secret of fast resharpening is to keep the honing bevel narrow, the wider it gets the more strokes it takes to create the small wire edge, which is the signal that we have removed enough metal to get past the bluntness and damage that use has inflicted.
These times and observations apply to the method I choose to use, there are many other methods............
David Charlesworth
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David C":1mhiwffq said:
I had a bellied (in length) 2 1/2" wide plane blade by I Sorby, in otherwise perfect condition, from a wonderful condition Griffiths (coffin bodied) smoother.
I eventually air mailed it to Steve Knight, to use in one of his planes.
Steve has various power (and diamond) methods for flattening.
Nothing I could do was significantly effecting that blade; it was DAMNED hard!
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Ok, maybe I was exagerrating with the 4 hours bit or maybe it was the Hokey stone I was using 
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Mr_Grimsdale":2hbu5lab said:
When honing, do you always use both sides (medium and fine on most double siders) ?
Does your final edge come from the fine side, or do you strop?
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Just bought some new chisels! :shock: I needed a 38mm and spotted Axminster special offer of 6 chisels for £16. Cheapo and not very nice looking. All ground to a bevel about 25 deg.
So how did they fare on the sharpening front? One would expect several hours of work by all accounts.
Here's how it went;
Flattening faces (back or whatever you call it) took exactly 0 secs, they were all flat (enough) i.e. you could vaguely detect a glimmer of light under the straight edge on 4 of them (0.1mm along the length?) - all just concave i.e. dead flat in woodworking terms. Given several sharpenings in use and they will be even flatter.
Honing edge on smallest (6mm) took exactly 15 seconds on a fine stone.
Largest (38mm) took about 50 seconds.
Others in between.
They were already neatly ground so it only took seconds to bring up a wire edge, turn and take it off, and same again. Strop on hand.
In use eventually I will need to take off the whole bevel (by the "lazy joiner" system as above) so these times might increase to perhaps 2 minutes on the biggest sizes - if very blunt.
cheers
Jacob
So how did they fare on the sharpening front? One would expect several hours of work by all accounts.
Here's how it went;
Flattening faces (back or whatever you call it) took exactly 0 secs, they were all flat (enough) i.e. you could vaguely detect a glimmer of light under the straight edge on 4 of them (0.1mm along the length?) - all just concave i.e. dead flat in woodworking terms. Given several sharpenings in use and they will be even flatter.
Honing edge on smallest (6mm) took exactly 15 seconds on a fine stone.
Largest (38mm) took about 50 seconds.
Others in between.
They were already neatly ground so it only took seconds to bring up a wire edge, turn and take it off, and same again. Strop on hand.
In use eventually I will need to take off the whole bevel (by the "lazy joiner" system as above) so these times might increase to perhaps 2 minutes on the biggest sizes - if very blunt.
cheers
Jacob
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ydb1md":2mrbxwi5 said:
We're taking over the world one forum at a time...
The Pinnacle guide is indeed made by Woodpeckers of Ohio. Woodcraft (in the US) has the exclusive rights to market this jig, so it will be in limited supply. It's made mostly of aluminum.
-Gary
