Published on 23 Jul 2015
Paul Sellers shows how he sharpens and sets a bench plane in his every day of work. A quick and easy guide to get your plane working.
July 27, 2015
Sharpening and Setting the Bench Plane with Paul Sellers
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An Excellent demonstration.
Not for the light of wallet though.
A good veritas bench plane is $260.00 CDN. Three diamond bench stones are between $315.00 and $450.00 CDN.
Clive
Comment by Clive Tonge — July 27, 2015 @ 21:23
Sharpening is one of those areas of modern woodworking that seems to get more and more complex … even though the basic task hasn’t changed in thousands of years. I don’t have the diamond stones, but I’ve got a set of waterstones that I don’t use as often as I should. Unlike Mr. Sellers’ demonstration, I usually find I spend more time setting up and trying to sharpen the blade than I do actually using the blasted thing. And, of course, because I don’t do a great job of sharpening in the first place, I quickly find that the blade is too dull, which means I need to pretend to sharpen again. All of which encourages me to turn on a power tool instead.
With all the special jigs, and water or oil stones, and diamond plates, and grinder attachments, and polishing compounds, and goodness knows what else, “sharpening” can easily amount to a separate “hobby” all by itself (if you believe what the manufacturers and retailers say, anyway).
Comment by Nicholas — July 28, 2015 @ 07:50