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[quote quote=313758]Hi there,
I’ve been working on my first ever mortise and tennon. I’ve watched lots of Paul’s videos and it looks as if the chisel glides into the wood like butter. I am working with some sort of pine that’s quite old. I’ve sharpened my chisels on oil stones and stropped – to a point where I feel it’s pretty sharp.
When I start my mortise, I use Pauls technique he teaches in his videos, but I am unable to advance anywhere near as quick through the wood. I can’t understand why it’s feeling so difficult given it’s pine of some type. Could this be down to my chisel actually not being sharp enough or just bad technique?
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I have had similar trouble, I would suspect your chisels and your technique, lol
I made a mistake sharpening my chisels using arkansas stones, I put windshield washer fluid on the stone, ( ran out of glass cleaner) and it erroded the soft stone, to wear you cant use that side.
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