Popular Woodworking Magazine » Deneb Puchalski http://www.popularwoodworking.com Woodworking advice, woodworking plans, woodworking projects and woodworking blogs Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Straight Talk on Sharpeninghttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/articleindex/straight-talk-on-sharpening http://www.popularwoodworking.com/articleindex/straight-talk-on-sharpening#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:35:17 +0000 Article Index http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=110827
Straight Talk on Sharpening

While a cambered plane blade works fine, why start the hard way?By Deneb Puchalski Pages: 40-43From the December 2011 issue # 194 Buy the issue nowA 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.” Read more »

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/articleindex/straight-talk-on-sharpening/feed 0 A Trickier Ruler Trickhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/a-trickier-ruler-trick http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/a-trickier-ruler-trick#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 12:32:22 +0000 Christopher Schwarz http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=105510
A Trickier Ruler Trick

Anything – a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g – that reduces the time I spend sharpening my tools makes me giddy. Care Bear giddy. Monchichi giddy. Making tools dull is more fun. A few years ago I found a way to use a thin ruler to help me stone the faces of my card scrapers. It’s an adaptation of David … Read more »

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]]> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/a-trickier-ruler-trick/feed 10 A Few Spots left in the ‘Handplane Weekend’ Classhttp://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/a-few-spots-left-in-the-%e2%80%98handplane-weekend%e2%80%99-class http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/a-few-spots-left-in-the-%e2%80%98handplane-weekend%e2%80%99-class#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 12:11:00 +0000 Christopher Schwarz http://www.popularwoodworking.com/?p=104934
A Few Spots left in the ‘Handplane Weekend’ Class

Handplane irons should be sharpened completely straight across. No curve. Ever. No, scratch that. All bench plane irons should be sharpened with some sort of curve. Always. Ah yes, this is one of the many debates that twist the knickers of modern woodworkers. The truth is that you can work with your tools set up … Read more »

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Tiny Teeth Tame Tear-out

A toothed blade in your handplane magically eliminates ugly tearing. By Deneb Puchalski Pages: 46-49 From the October 2009 issue #178 Buy this issue now The recent renaissance of low-angle, bevel-up planes reintroduces us to a little-known plane blade: the toothed or grooving blade. There is written documentation from the early 19th century that this … Read more »

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