rodger. Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 Bought myself a veritas router plane to cheer myself up after my band saw issue. Do you router plane users put a micro bevel on your router plane blades? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 I don't, but then I use mine just for clean up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 I have the same router as you Pug, I went simple and only put a full mirror bevel on my blade. Best not to complicate things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 No. I just run the non bevel side over the stone. Far easier. Once the wire edge has formed on the bevel side I hone it off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgeram99 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 I sharpins mine with a micro bevel. It works for me and seems to cut a little easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Like really small chisel cutting edges, and odd shaped things like some spokeshave blades, I sharpen them by hand on the sides of the stones so I don't worry about gouging the face. I don't worry about micro bevels on such small surfaces. The diamond lapping film makes quick work out of polishing them to super sharp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted March 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Mine came with two blades, one flat and one pointed. The instructions indicated that the pointy one is for final smoothing. You guys use both flat and "pointy" blades? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfitz Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 I think I just followed the original bevel. It's not a lot of work to sharpen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 I don't remember ever changing blades in the middle of a job. I use the pointy one if it's used for a marking gauge, as well as cleaning out the mortise. Like for a small hinge mortise, I'll mark it on the edge with the router plane, take most of it out with a chisel, and finish with the router plane. It makes a great marking gauge when followed by itself. I had a couple of hundred such small mortises to cut on the window sash job for the back shoulders of center muntin tenons, behind a little deeper mortise for the tenons. Two small router planes got the call. One for the shoulder mortise, and the other to clean out the tenon's mortise. I used the pointy cutter for the shoulder mortise, and the straight to finish the bottoms of the mortise for the tenon. There is movie footage in the ipad, but so far I haven't had time to figure out how to edit, and get it into the PC. I just follow the original bevel too. There's such little metal to remove that it goes really quickly anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumpnav Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 I polish the bottom like the back of a chisel and hone the factory angle on the opposite side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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