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How do you sharpen your turning tools, carving tools, plane blades, router and moulding blades, etc. Ideas and help for newbies. New or advanced techniques, old, tried and true methods. How, when, why, etc

  1. Sharpening....A Dark Side Voyage for Beginners

    Started by NewLou, 3rd October 2005 11:15 PM
    14 Pages •
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    beginners, consistant, contribute, crop, dark, economical, effective, fancy, forum, goal, grinder, guides, hand, handtools, honing, information, internet, issue, journey, learning, oil, primers, provide, resources, share, sharpening, sharpeninga, simple, slow, voyage
    • Replies: 200
    • Views: 34,581
    NewLou
    24th October 2005, 09:55 AM Go to last post

  2. The Unicorn method

    Started by derekcohen, 31st July 2020 04:25 AM
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    19 Attachment(s)
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    The Spin Doctor
    4th September 2022, 08:55 PM Go to last post

  3. DIY sharpening GTG

    Started by fletty, 21st November 2015 01:59 PM
    7 Pages •
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    5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 90
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    fletty
    31st January 2016, 08:49 PM Go to last post

  4. Lapping chisel and plane blade backs - a few tips

    Started by rsser, 12th June 2010 03:08 PM
    6 Pages •
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    #4000, #8000, abrasion, backs, blade, blades, ceramic, chisel, coarse, coarser, deal, diamond, fingers, found, hard, lapping, magnet, pic, plane, polishing, resistance, resistant, sample, skin, stiction, stone, stroking, thick, tips, veritas
    • Replies: 83
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    rsser
    14th November 2010, 10:44 AM Go to last post

  5. Motorised Chisel back flattening - taking the grunt work out of it

    Started by FenceFurniture, 19th March 2016 08:40 PM
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    Sawdust Maker
    22nd March 2016, 10:12 PM Go to last post

  6. A Sharpening simplicity breakthrough?? Comments from the wise heads please

    Started by FenceFurniture, 14th August 2012 10:16 PM
    6 Pages •
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    100, 1200, 600, blade, breakthrough, comments, derek, diamond, dmt, effort, free, gemcuts, grits, heads, i.f, kit, plate, psa, reading, result, sharpening, sheet, sheets, simplicity, sole, solution, spray, surface, thinnest, wise 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 77
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    silentC
    12th September 2014, 07:08 PM Go to last post

  7. Waterstone tests: a taster from Stu of toolsfromjapan.com

    Started by rsser, 30th December 2010 11:36 AM
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    added, advice, benefited, click, connection, correspondent, customer, email, forum, highly, link, regard, rereading, service, stu, stus, taster, tests, thread, toolsfromjapan.com, toolsfromjapancom, waterstone, worth
    • Replies: 75
    • Views: 12,195
    rsser
    30th January 2011, 08:24 AM Go to last post

  8. Sharpening setup

    Started by qwertyu, 3rd January 2018 09:10 PM
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    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 72
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    D.W.
    26th July 2018, 07:44 AM Go to last post

  9. New Veritas Honing Guide Mk II – Review

    Started by derekcohen, 22nd May 2005 03:33 AM
    5 Pages •
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    add, amazing, blade, conversely, derek, details, excellent, feather, fine, guide, hone, honing, intuition, lee, opportunity, perth, posts, pressure, radius, review, shavings, smooth, solid, spite, successive, unanimous, veritas, wheel, wide, workshop
    • Replies: 72
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    GraemeCook
    18th August 2008, 04:43 PM Go to last post

  10. Sharpening 101

    Started by silentC, 22nd June 2004 11:36 PM
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    101, 800, blade, closer, corner, cutting, dry, edges, ersatz, grit, guide, half, hour, iron, lapping, leads, middle, perimeter, pitted, puddled, remained, sharpening, sheet, shiny, spot, surface, time, water, waterstone, wet
    • Replies: 70
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    Timmy
    7th February 2006, 09:50 PM Go to last post

  11. Considering a switch to Diamond Plates

    Started by Luke Maddux, 5th October 2015 03:07 PM
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    • Replies: 67
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    D.W.
    17th April 2019, 01:00 AM Go to last post

  12. Sharpening chisels using soap

    Started by Groggy, 26th May 2007 04:04 PM
    4 Pages •
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    advertisement, attention, chisels, everyones, forum, noticed, posts, quick, rolleyes, sharpening, soap, thousands, yeah
    • Replies: 59
    • Views: 9,695
    Shedhand
    19th January 2009, 01:17 PM Go to last post

  13. Fat wheels for grinders.

    Started by Cliff Rogers, 12th September 2006 01:42 AM
    4 Pages •
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    attack, bolt, confused, cover, draw, fat, grinder, grinders, grinding, inside, line, lines, mdf, modified, obvious, outback, pen, pics, piece, pull, remembering, remove, retaining, scrap, template, thick, touch, undo, wheel, wheels
    • Replies: 56
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    Cliff Rogers
    23rd October 2007, 03:54 PM Go to last post

  14. Re-toothing small tenon saw

    Started by Lyle, 13th June 2022 01:04 PM
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    Bushmiller
    29th October 2022, 03:19 PM Go to last post

  15. Diamond paste sharpening

    Started by derekcohen, 14th May 2007 01:11 AM
    4 Pages •
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    $24, 1200, 2.5, 5000, 5gm, blades, cheap, diamond, dmt, ebay, equiv, grit, hardwood, hollow, leather, method, micron, microns, paste, prepared, purchase, recently, sharp, sharpening, stone, strop, stuff, syringes, time, waterstones
    • Replies: 53
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    kman-oz
    8th April 2009, 02:50 PM Go to last post

  16. Experiments with the BESS system

    Started by rob streeper, 26th October 2017 08:29 AM
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    ubeaut
    27th October 2017, 04:26 PM Go to last post

  17. basic setup, what do i need?

    Started by havabeer69, 17th November 2020 11:34 AM
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    D.W.
    25th February 2021, 11:20 PM Go to last post

  18. Waterstone problem

    Started by Bushmiller, 11th February 2013 10:19 AM
    4 Pages •
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    1200, 300, blade, blades, coarse, continuing, didn’t, dry, edge, flatten, flattening, grade, grit, light, method, minutes, moisture, problem, process, recommended, sandpaper, sharpen, smoother, stone, stones, time, waterstone, waterstones, wet, wrong 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 52
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    labrat
    9th May 2013, 10:45 PM Go to last post

  19. Show off your sharpening tools

    Started by Wongo, 5th June 2007 11:37 PM
    4 Pages •
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    bit, blades, costed, couple, diamond, files, jig, jointer, mine, natural, planes, plates, sharpen, sharpening, stones, thincknesser, time, tools, tormek, veritas, water
    • Replies: 50
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    rsser
    23rd June 2007, 05:46 PM Go to last post

  20. Knife sharpening with machine-driven belts

    Started by rsser, 2nd October 2013 06:48 PM
    4 Pages •
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    #20, #40, abrasives, australia, belt, belts, benchtop, biz, cough, declaration, disk, financial, hobby, knife, lee, local, machinedriven, mileage, mini, offerings, polishing, refining, reshaping;, sander, sharpening, sharpening/sanding, sonic, tools, treat, valley 5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 50
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    rsser
    4th January 2016, 01:43 PM Go to last post

  21. Water stones and sharpening techniques

    Started by andrewsd, 16th May 2006 02:42 PM
    4 Pages •
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    1200, 800, articles, based, bit, blades, chisels, couple, diamond, dry, edge, fair, glass, grade, paper, plane, plate, questions, razor, recommend, recommending, sharpening, sheet, spend, stones, system, techniques, water, waterstone, wet
    • Replies: 49
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    Cruzi
    12th January 2007, 10:42 AM Go to last post

  22. Sharpening old razor blades

    Started by woodPixel, 16th March 2020 12:28 PM
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    D.W.
    25th February 2021, 06:05 AM Go to last post

  23. Waterstone difficulties again.....

    Started by FenceFurniture, 18th August 2014 09:59 PM
    4 Pages •
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    difficulties, waterstone 1 Attachment(s)
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    rsser
    2nd January 2016, 11:18 AM Go to last post

  24. Wet/dry grinder or bench stones for sharpening

    Started by Harrison, 23rd December 2009 01:47 PM
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    bench, blades, bucks, bunnings, cheers, chizzles, dead, grinder, guys, harrison2tsup, hear, model, moment, ozito, plane, price, sharpening, spend, stone, stones, stuff, tormec, weather, wet or dry, wet/dry
    • Replies: 46
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    Groggy
    11th January 2010, 09:52 PM Go to last post

  25. Cast Iron blocks and Diamond paste for honing

    Started by FenceFurniture, 18th March 2016 03:34 PM
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    9 Attachment(s)
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    Robson Valley
    16th November 2016, 10:57 AM Go to last post

  26. Which edge lasts longer - 600# or 6000#?

    Started by Russell Cook, 26th January 2013 03:22 PM
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    600#, 6000#, assume, average, carbon, chisel, chopping, collect, edge, fineness, hoping, lasts, longer, maintain, mentioned, mortise, oak, opinions, peoples, person, quality, regularly, scenarios, sharpened, steel, threads, time, topic, varied, whetstone
    • Replies: 46
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    Robson Valley
    8th April 2013, 01:21 AM Go to last post

  27. Back flattening - horse power rather than hand power

    Started by rsser, 6th October 2011 03:36 PM
    4 Pages •
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    #120, #80, abrasive, accessories, alternative, application, arbour, bit, disc, discs, finger, flat, flattening, forum, glass, hand, horse, lathe, mounted, mt2, no-fil, norton, power, psa, quality, section, shank, tool, variation, worksharp
    • Replies: 45
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    rsser
    21st April 2012, 04:42 PM Go to last post

  28. Scheppach Tiger 2500

    Started by Big Shed, 30th July 2010 04:01 PM
    3 Pages •
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    2500, benefit, bushes, cost, decision, grinder, grizzly, heaps, honing, installed, jet, jigs, machine, motor, prices, range, running, salesperson, scheppach, shaft, stone, support, switched, tiger, tool, tormek, usa, wet, wheel, wood
    • Replies: 43
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    Big Shed
    13th September 2010, 02:37 PM Go to last post

  29. Cheap water stone is that false advertising

    Started by justonething, 8th October 2020 09:52 PM
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    • Replies: 43
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    Robson Valley
    26th May 2021, 05:19 AM Go to last post

  30. Question How long will a DMT duostone last?

    Started by Fuzzie, 28th December 2010 07:00 PM
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    #62, angle, bevel, blade, bought, coarse, continuous, couple, cutting, dmt, duostone, edge, experience, factory, hold, jig, jigs, long, mentions, power, regrind, setting, sharpening, slower, square, stone, stones, tad, veritas, workover
    • Replies: 43
    • Views: 6,747
    Mr Brush
    31st January 2011, 05:45 AM Go to last post
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