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1 October 2016 at 8:02 pm #141113
I have been buying and restoring tools for a few years now and I do have a lot of trouble sharpening them.
With chisels that are badly chipped I will be a bit harsh and ground down the bevel with a linisher first then sharpen on the diamond stones.
One handy hint I saw Paul Sellers do to help flatten the back of a plane blade was to strike the blade with a hammer to bow the blade in your favor.
I also spend most of the time on the course sharpening plate. What I think is maybe the previous owners used oil stones to sharpen which weren’t quite flat unlike our plates and compounds that are used now.
Think of it as a work out.1 October 2016 at 2:46 pm #141111I’m restoring a carpenters square also and I have found the best way to remove the rust from the blade is to scrape it with a razor blade. A wire wheel would just damage the brass and rosewood.
30 March 2016 at 12:41 pm #136105Sorry I cant remember the ratio of beeswax to mineral oil.
I just made it so it’s not runny, Constancy like yogurt23 March 2016 at 8:32 am #135870It is very humid where I live in Queensland, so I made up a blend of wax just melting bees wax and mineral oil, I made it so its not hard, just soft enough to wipe on easily.
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