TMFoughty Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Does anyone out there have a good site to go to or have advise on how to properly sharpen chisels? I don't think mine can cut butter right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Head Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Google "Scary Sharp Method." It's an easy and cheap way to sharpen chisels and plane irons using wet/dry sandpaper. There are videos on the web of people demonstrating this method. I got all the different grits of sandpaper and a honing guide for less than $30. Sharpened my first chisel ever last week and I was paring end grain hardwood in a matter of minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baok Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Ditto the scary sharp thing. I bought a honing guide at a local tool store for $5. Sandpaper was also cheap. For a flat surface I just bought a marble floor tile at home depot. The method works well although I didn't stick my sandpaper to the tile with anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilburpan Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Although Scary Sharp is a good way of sharpening chisels, before you jump into a new sharpening system, what are you doing now for sharpening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMFoughty Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I'm not doing anything now. Just starting out, took a handcut dovetail class and realized how dull my chisels were (have the bandaid to prove it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilburpan Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Ah. Then go for scary sharp, if you like the idea. I was coming from the point of view that if you were already set up with some sort of sharpening system, you would be better off practicing with the system that you have than switching to something new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon003 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 If you don't like the disposable sandpaper idea, the norton waterstone kit is good, and comes with a very simple DVD by Joel Moskowitz (sp?) where he does a good job of walking you through the sharpening process. That is how I started out sharpening, and it worked very well for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Rozaieski Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Does anyone out there have a good site to go to or have advise on how to properly sharpen chisels? I don't think mine can cut butter right now. Here are a few podcasts I did that cover how to sharpen...well...just about any hand tool in your shop. They're more about technique than materials. You can use the techniques with oil stones, water stones, diamond stones, sandpaper, whatever. The main point is to pick one and stick with it and learn to do it well. Woodworking is no fun, and can be downright dangerous, without sharp tools. Sharpening Part 1 Sharpening Part 2 Sharpening Part 3 Sharpening Part 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan S Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 If your just getting started, I would recommend you get a bench grinder for rough work. you need the following: 1. The actual grinder (mine is a 6" no name that i got at Menards for $25) 2. good wheels (rather than me yelling you what wheels i run, I highly recommend you learn about grinding wheel nomenclature) 3. a good silicon carbide dressing stick <$5 if you going to start out honing with Scary sharp, get your self a good jig. I'd recommend the Veritas Mark 2. http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?c=&p=51868&cat=1,43072,43078 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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