Straight Talk on Sharpening
Categories:: December 2011 #194 • Popular Woodworking Magazine Article Index | | Tags: Deneb Puchalski
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While a cambered plane blade works fine, why start the hard way?
By Deneb Puchalski
Pages: 40-43
From the December 2011 issue # 194
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A sharp edge is an absolute necessity for hand-tool woodworking – but for many beginners, sharpening plane irons and chisels is an obstacle rather than a gateway to enjoying hand tools. Using dull tools not only requires more effort, it yields poor results. I believe sharpening is a skill that you must master in order to do good work. That doesn’t mean it has to be hard to do.
PLAN: Download a free PDF plan for Deneb’s “Angle Setting Jig.”
TO BUY: “Coarse, Medium & Fine,” an explanation of bench planes, by Christopher Schwarz.
TO BUY: Get Christopher Schwarz’s DVD “The Last Word on Sharpening.”
IN OUR STORE: Get Ron Hock’s comprehensive book “The Perfect Edge.”
From the December 2011 issue #194
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