Paul sellers sharpening stones. The best use with course and supper fine followed by stropping 30 times internet paul sellers sharpening procedure and you will find the sharpening you need and throw the rest out. Its best to move your whole body inline to do this rather than just twist your arms. Started with a krenov book hand grinder veritas grinding jig and waterstones but little inconveniences and frustrations at each step kept me from getting much done in the limited shop time i have available. For each tool there is a general guide which gives you a brief overview of the tool and the parts there is a buying guide which gives you more information about buying that tool what ones paul recommends what to avoidlook out for when buying secondhand etc the using guide shows important aspects of using the tool such as hand and feet positioning and technique then finally the setting.
When sharpening narrow chisels it is more difficult to avoid skewing the edge. They changed everything for me. I have watched a different video from paul sellers on how to get a brand new set of chisels ready for work with plate glass and wetdry sandpaper. I am prepared to purchase the stones needed for the sharpening.
Some teachers notably paul sellers have been huge advocates of the technology and more and more people are using diamonds for some of all or their hand sharpening needs. In this video on how to sharpen chisels paul sellers demonstrates his convex bevel method of sharpening edge tools on eze lap diamond stones. Ive been working wood 30 years and tried most all the techniques. Diamond sharpening introduction.
The largest us maker of diamond stones for sharpening and one of the best is. Sellers i am about to work my way through your course i want to start with sharpening. The main thing that i notice is that the tool is easier to use which is what paul sellers says in his video. Im just wondering if the stone will work as well for the right out of the box prep that is needed for getting the chisels ready.
Nth ing the paul sellers sharpening vids. I turned to my norton water stones only to discovered that they needed to be flattened. With practice it can be done but one thing you can try is to carefully sharpen with the chisel directly in line with the stones rather than the 45 degree we usually recommend. Paul seems to think that its not worthwhile for him but hes entitled to his opinion.
I dont really care that much about edge retention. In the past 30 years sharpening with diamond stones has gotten more and more popular. That alone makes the extra step in sharpening worthwhile to me.