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7 August 2014 at 8:12 pm
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Hi
I will sharpen my plane irons free hand as per Paul’s method on diamond 8″ x 3″ plates , but if I found that the cutting edge was not square or that the bevel angle was way off I would use a honing gauge to get it back to were it should be.
If there was a lot of material to remove I could use a sanding disc machine I have taking great care not to overheat the blade or very course wet & dry attached to a pice of float glass,Once the angles have been rectified I would revert back to the diamond plates either with or without the honing guide