Veritas spokeshave sharpening. In this video paul sellers shows you how he sharpen his spokeshaves quickly and efficiently without the aid of any honing guide. Though it may take quite some practice to master the technique. The round shave has a 1 34 radius. Hone a micro bevel on fine stone by repositioning roller to higher position.
Mortise chisel adapter for mkii narrow blade honing guide adapts the mkii honing guide to allow consistent accurate honing of mortise chisels. I didnt feel like paying the big bucks for the kit. It is the first choice for a wide range of jobs from small spindles to large oars. And is 10 12 long overall.
To set the cutting iron depth when sharpening a spokeshave use the two adjusters one at a time to lower or retract the blade until it looks parallel to the sole of the spokeshave when looking along the sole of the spokeshave from the front edge. Drilled a hole coincident with the one in the blade and used a self tapping screw to pull the two parts together and grip the blade. With the simple jig described in. Although the methods used to sharpen most spokeshaves are like those used to sharpen handplane irons the blades are much smaller and tricky to hold in a conventional honing guide.
Guide roller is on spring loaded adjustable cam shaft for setting at three heights. Each spokeshave weighs about 12 oz. The concave spokeshave with a 450 bed angle a sole radius of 1 516 and a 1 12 wide blade is popular with chair and paddle makers. All three have been designed for smooth effective chatterfree shaping of chair spindles panel edges paddles and tool handles or other shaping.
Use in normal position to grind a basic bevel angle. How to sharpen a spokeshave shopmade honing jig makes sharpening your spokeshave super simple. Ed pirnik cari delahanty. Adapted it slightly i was sharpening veritas blades which are 3mm thick i made a 35mm slot and ran a kerf further back to allow the jig to bind on the blade.
These spokeshaves are beauties and they will quickly become favorites as they are so easy to use. Precision honing guide and angle jig set. By ben blackmar dec 03 2014. How to sharpen a spokeshave honing a dull blade with its short length the spokeshave iron could prove a challenge to resharpen once its performance drops off.
Thanks megan for the article. I use the veritas system too and it works great. Return to exactly the same angle each time you sharpen a blade.