Plane/Chisel Stone Sharpening

[Farrell]

Thanks for the response David. I will post to the Shapton site - I didn't realize they had a forum. The guy that made me several very nice wooden planes (Steve Knight: http://www.knight-toolworks.com/wooden.htm) highly (and I mean HIGHLY) recommended the Shapton ceramic stones. They do cut very well, and wear very slowly. I had used an EZ lap diamond stone prior to that and liked that plate quite a bit, but Steve just about hit the roof when I suggested that I might sharpen his iron on a diamond plate. He said it would ruin the iron. I don't have a clue why that would be the case. I'll try the Shapton forum. Maybe I'll have a Zen-like experience.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Skolnik" <davidskolnik@optonline.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: Plane/Chisel Stone Sharpening


> Terry -
> 
> Like Greg Newell, I would recommend a Tormek, which I own and am happy 
> with,  however, I went to the Shapton site and went into the forums.  I 
> realized that you probably already have a considerable investment in these 
> stones, and a lot of people in the Zen sharpening culture seem to think 
> very highly of them.  Of the discussions I read, no one seems to imply that 
> they use any guides with these stones.  Why don't you post to them?  They 
> seem to be willing to address this sort of question, though I suspect you 
> might want to retire the skill/experience comment, for obvious (I think) 
> reasons.  I did get the sense that these stones are designed for Japanese 
> style cutting tools, not Western.    Sharpening...Now, there's something 
> uncontroversial.   Good luck
> 
> David Skolnik
> 
> At 08:57 PM 1/28/2003, you wrote:
> >I have a question for those who sharpen plane blades and/or chisels on 
> >some type of stone (Japanese waterstone, ceramic, Arkansas, or whatever) 
> >and use a honing guide. I have trouble reproducing the EXACT angle of the 
> >blade in the honing guide when I want to touch up the edge. Or if I am 
> >sharpening several plane blades and chisels, I would like to do all the 
> >coarse work first, then the medium grits, fine, and then polishing. (I've 
> >been sharpening ALL my chisels and planes for TWO DAYS NOW.) But unless I 
> >have a honing guide for each piece, I find it very difficult to reproduce 
> >the exact angle for fine grinding and polishing. The only way I can really 
> >see it working is to attach the honing guide to one piece and go through 
> >all necessary grits (or have a honing guide for each piece to be 
> >sharpened). Then next time the blade needs some touchup, you will need to 
> >go to a grit that is able to correct any angle deviation that you have 
> >from mis-angling the honing guide.
> >
> >I am using Shapton ceramic sharpening 
> >stones:  http://www.shaptonstones.com/  (Professional Series) and the 
> >Veritas Honing Guide and Bevel Setter: http://www.garrettwade.com/ (type 
> >in "veritas honing guide).
> >
> >Am I missing something here? Or is this a universal problem? Or is this 
> >one of those skill/experience things (damn, I hate those)?
> >
> >Terry Farrell
> >
> >
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