Diamond Stone Sharpening Advice
Hello. This is Bill “Tex,” as you might guess, from Texas. This is a great thread—it’s relevant to a problem I have getting my chisels sharp. I have a set of DMT diamond stones, extra coarse, course, fine and extra fine. I use a Veritas honing guide. No matter how long I sharpen, I can never get the chisels and irons sharp enough to shave hair or slice paper. I am going to try to do it like Paul Sellers does.
I would greatly appreciate any all advice that ya’ll are kind enough to give me.
Im still a waterstone man
Gidday :)
I have 6, 8 and 10000 grit waterstones I love em and dont mind getting a bit messy
but I always start a new blade prep with a 600 n 1200 grit ezy lap diamond stone so i guess i use both Ive noticed the diamond stone isnt cutting as well as they used to and seem prone to slip lapping [might just be in my head though lots of other stuff is]
I'm blessed to have a radius master select a rad from my metal fabrication days and just Hone freehand on a worn 2000 grit trizac Belt loaded with Veritas Green cutting compound I can also hollow grind on this
Can cut the hair off my arms in under a minute so I just batch hone all my handtools very fast as required That said for those interested my favorite Woodworking channel ATM is MAtt Estlea he does a great rundown on sharpening stones here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iljvtGUZXzE
Regards Lou