Chambering plane iron
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Hello you all! I recently acquired a Scrub, a jack, a jointer and smooth plane made at Ulmia, Emmerich. My planes are marked with ECE brand, they are almost beech.
The have pretty flat sole and a sharp iron edge. My question concern iron edge chambering: I do not own a sharpening wheel like atormek or something similar. I own only goo water stones. How could i biuld the right amount on chambering required?Bow, I’d suggest watching Paul’s videos on sharpening. he gives some great explanations on what and how he does it. Although he uses diamond plates, you can do the same thing on stones if the stone if flat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvTcReENk9g
7 February 2014 at 6:51 pm #27412I like Paul’s method and this what i have been doing and I also use Sigma Power water stones as i don’t have the diamond plates yet but want to get some.
Steve
Thanks Sandy and Steve. I fully saw Paul’s video about smooth plane blade sharpening. I adopt this method for sharpening chisels , also, and obtain a long lasting edge, better than using traditional micro bevel. The only problem i see is that Paul show us the best method for sharpening a smooth plane, that has got a little chambering. What i have to do to build a more concave silhouette without the help of a wheel? for me it’s not the simplest things to do by hands only.
By cambering are you talking about putting a radius on the iron or are you wanting to feather the corners of the iron while maintaining a straight edge? If you want a radius, just mark out the radius with a sharpie pen then use a mill file to shape it. It’ll take a bit of effort but you don’t run the risk of overheating the iron as you do with a grinder.
If you want feathered corners this is easily done as Paul demonstrates.
Bow, If your stone is flat, you should get a good straight edge and if you don’t want the camber on the edges don’t raise it as he does on the last few strokes. Or maybe I am not understanding your question. Paul’s method puts a micro-bevel on the iron with small camber on each end of the iron. I sharpen all of my planes using this method and they work great.
7 February 2014 at 9:04 pm #27424Paul shows how to sharpen a cambered iron in the video instruction of steel hardening in the hand plane series. Its at the end.
8 February 2014 at 2:18 am #27440This issue of how to camber an iron has come up many times. There is a video of Roy Underhill’s show called “Hand plane essentials with Chris Schwartz” that explains it. He also says he only sharpens his cambered jack plane once a year! Its not like a smoothing plane. Now if I could only perfectly dimension wood..
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