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30 September 2016 at 2:51 am #141057
Rob, I’m a newcomer to this forum, but I’ve watched that video and am familiar with the techniques, so perhaps I can be of some assistance.
Before discussing knife techniques I want to emphasize that your problem may just as well have been caused by compressing that “knifewall” outwards while chiseling, depending on your technique. Note that Paul always either cuts and flicks a chip out of the way or starts a millimeter or two from the knifewall before chiseling firmly to avoid having the bevel drive that surface outward.
As for knife technique, it is most important to avoid allowing the blade to turn into the edge of the board being used as a straight edge and to make sure the first pass is VERY light. You just want the bevel of the blade to follow the plane of the straightedge. This requires the blade to be tipped at about the angle of its bevel but not for the handle to be twisted above the edge of the straightedge, which would tend to cut a chip from that board. START LIGHTLY!
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