Sharpening for Woodturners
Turning tools come in many shapes. Here’s how to keep those shapes sharp. Many years ago, I was cooking with a friend who was home visiting his parents during a college break. He struggled with a dull knife until …
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Resurrecting Chisels
Old chisels can be brought back to life using these simple steps. If ever there was a type of used hand tool that was a good candidate for restoration, it’s a chisel. Lots of good deals on old chisels …
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What is Sharp?
A Sharpening Handbook: What Every Woodworker Needs to Know About Sharpening If there’s one thing to be said about woodworkers, it’s that we’re old school and prefer to pick up a book (or a magazine). With that in mind, I’m …
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Sharpening to a polished edge
A cool easy grind and a hard-felt buff. A throwback from issue #39
Read moreMade You Look: Sharpening jig for chisels and planes
A clever shopmade jig made with even more shopmade jigs.
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