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3rd March 2008, 04:11 PM #1Senior Member
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"Sharpening" - the rest of the chisel
Hi All,
I'm throwing this one out to the sharpening fraternity as it's a pretty similar concept and I suspect you guys will have the most to offer.
Obviously when sharpening chisels, you will end up with a mirror finish on the back of the blade along the whole length, and probably also on both the primary and secondary bevels.
However, what about the rest of the top of the chisel? Is there a way (assuming they are abused to begin with and you have inherited them as rust buckets) to clean up and generally rejuvinate the rest of the chisel to be in an as new condition? My main concern here is maintaining the nice crisp angles on the side bevels on the chisels - there are a number of things I could think of but I am concerned that they would degrade these angles to be smoothed over too much.
Your thoughts and input are welcome.Yes - I'm a lawyer.
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3rd March 2008, 11:08 PM #2
Use a deburring wheel.
Norton and 3M make them in different grits. They will clean and polish metal.
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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4th March 2008, 05:26 AM #3Member
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Non-woven abrasive belt on a belt sander- I use them on my 6" x 48". I have a 1" upright belt sander(super-honing experiments) and have the Scotch-Brite belts for it as well. If one is not heavy handed, those crisp lines don't degrade during cleanup.mt
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4th March 2008, 09:06 AM #4Senior Member
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Guys,
thanks for that - both good suggestions - I'll pick up some of the relevant stuff before I begin my "fix up old chisels" extravaganza.
Cheerio,
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