UPDATE: Back to Basics: Fundamentals of Sharpening from Fox Chapel Publishing
Mar 27, 2011
Fundamentals of Sharpening: Straight Talk for Today’s Woodworker (Back To Basics)
Fox Chapel Publishing, 2010.
$19.95; 120 pp.
On the back cover of Fundamentals of Sharpening: Straight Talk for Today’s Woodworker (Back To Basics)
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Thanks for a chance to win this book .
i'd like one. thanks.
I have the glue and clamps book....it's packed with great info. I'd love to add this book to my collection, too! :-)
Looks like something I can use. I never seem to be able to get my tools sharp enough.
I could certainly use this one. Thanks
Everyone can use more info and ideas on sharpening our tools
I could use that book - thanks.
Best thing about tools, is having sharp ones.
Sharpening.
Fun.
Embracing.
Sounds great.
This book will help those of us who normally buy cheap cutting tools and then throw them out when they get dull. Thanks for the opportunity to win one!
"it says this book will teach you to 'embrace the fun and essence of sharpening..." I hope so, because sharpening is right up there with sweeping the floor in my workshop book.
Jonathan
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The fun in sharpening is getting done.
I've purchased several books on sharpening and I'd love to find (win) one that gave useful insights instead of just advice on which fancy new tools to buy.
I'd like that book as well, but since it won't be announced till Tuesday, April 55, 2011-I'll never win11
Nate
As with all the books given away this would be a great addition to any woodworkers library. I would love to win it.
I would love a chance to win this book. Sharping is a skill I really need to work on and I am sure everyone could use help on this subject.
Adding my name to the contest.
I'd like to have this book, please count me in!
I could use a book with this information!
Sharpening, a very weak part of my expertise.
I need all the help I can get!
I'd love to add this to my library!
thanks for the chance to win.
Sounds like a great book.
Looks like it would be a great addition to my collection. I would put this to good use. Thanks!
Sharpening is an area that I need some help. This book would be a great reference. Thanks for giving the opportunity to get one.
Thanks for the opportunity to win this book.
Would love to have it. Thanks.
I've just gotten serious about sharpening even trying to tackle some of my old hand saws. And I can use all the help I can get.
I've been learning the art and science of woodworking over the past year. Besides two 9-week classes in middle school 24 years ago, I've had zero formal training. I've spent half of my time reading the information on websites and forums like Fine Woodworking so that I can learn from the experiences of woodworking professionals. I've watched online videos. However, mostly I've been reading some great books. One topic that I've seen pop up many times, is the topic of sharpening. sharpening is the basis of everything from making clean cuts to Safety. Unfortunately I've not found very many specific sources for sharpening. This book by Fox Chapel should be an excellent product to add to my library off woodworking books. I'll also give a review of the book whether I win it or purchase it.
Matt
I've been learning the art and science of woodworking over the past year. Besides two 9-week classes in middle school 24 years ago, I've had zero formal training. I've spent half of my time reading the information on websites and forums like Fine Woodworking so that I can learn from the experiences of woodworking professionals. I've watched online videos. However, mostly I've been reading some great books. One topic that I've seen pop up many times, is the topic of sharpening. sharpening is the basis of everything from making clean cuts to Safety. Unfortunately I've not found very many specific sources for sharpening. This book by Fox Chapel should be an excellent product to add to my library off woodworking books. I'll also give a review of the book whether I win it or purchase it.
Matt
My comment haiku:
Sharpening is fun
But I could use more practice
And this book would help
Thank for the chance to win. I'm always looking for info on how to sharpen better faster more effectively.
I need to up the level of sharpnesss in my shop, the sharpness of my tools too!
I'm not new to woodworking but new to sharpening tools. I know it's something I should be doing, quite often, but have tried several times and failed. I feel that owning a Back to Basics - Fundamentals to Shaprening book is just what I need. Thank you for the opportunity to win a copy of this book courtisy of Fox Chapel.
I'd love to win this book. Thanks!
maybe knowing how to sharpen the tools will make it more fun? :)
I send all my chisels and blades to a pro for sharpening. It's time I bit the bullet and learned how to do it myself. I know what a difference a sharp edge makes. Both for cutting and safety.
Don Doerksen
My wife tells me all the time I need to sharpen the point on my head!! Maybe this book will help.
Much-needed. I'm in the dark about sharpening, but I know it's critical to just about everything else I do in the shop.
Sharpening may not be "fun" but it sure beats the alternative, dull tools. I can always use a book that makes my work a little easier. Thanks. Bob
That's something I've been working on lately. I think my lathe work will improve if I can get a better handle on sharpening.
Thanks for a shot at winning it.
This would be a great addition to my library and I could probably find a good tip or two to improve my sharpening skills. Thanks
It seems ironic that a high-speed grinder is pictured on the cover of a book dedicated to the art and science of sharpening. The high-speed grinder is one of the machines I avoid when putting a fine edge on my cutting tools.
I have found this series of books have been very helpful in finding the right solution for the project.
As I am not very enthusiastic about sharpening tools, particularly those in my woodturning collection, I look forward to gaining some useful hints. I am always willing to learn.
I have several of these Back to Basics books. BUT I don't have this one. Hope luck smiles on me...
It's been said that it is extremely important to have sharp chisels and planes. I've found this to be quite true. I have a basic idea about sharpening a plane but sharpening carving chisels stump me. My father always taught me that if you can read and follow instructions you can do just about anything. I think this book would be a great addition to any how to library. I hope I get to add it to mine. Thanks for the chance to win.
I've had to force my hubby and teenager to get a hobby other than watching tv, so I had them get started with wordworking. I've ordered them books and got them a subscription to this magazine. So, winning this book would be a great addition to our little library! Thank you!!
I really need a hobby, and I've read just enough about woodworking to know the importance of sharp tools. This book will teach me how.
I would like to learn more about sharpening and this looks like a good place to start. Hope I win!
being a mediocre sharpener, I would love to win this!
It would be great to understand how to sharpen drill bits of all kinds, and to use that grinder in the corner with dust all over it. I really need a good book on keeping my tools sharp.
I'd love to have this book. My sharpening skills need sharpening.
I have a few chisels that would really like to be sharpened, then I might use them.
Thanks for the chance to win this book.
I could definitely use some guidance on sharpening my lathe tools.
This book would be a great addition to my woodworking library! I need all the help I can get!
I envy those who have sharp tools that lift those superthin shavings from their stock! Maybe with the help of this book, when it is given to me, I will be able to say WOW! even I can do this!!!
My Dad has always been very good in sharpening drill bits on the grinder. (it takes a lot of practice) I wish I was as good as he is. Thanks for the chance to win this book, It's always nice to learn something new!!!!! Richard
Well, maybe if I had the book I would learn the right way to sharpen my chisels. I tried different techniques, but can't seam to get it right. Help!!! I need to learn and you all can help me stop buy new chisels.
Thank you.
Sharpening has been a mystery to me for quite some time and has kept me away from hand tools while learning this great craft. There seem to be so many different ways of doing it that I am at a loss as to which I should try. The most efficient techniques seem to come with the heftiest price tags.
I have been practicing my sharpening skills, thye are better, but still not "razor sharp"
this would be a great book for any woodwoker. Thanks
As a long time woodworker we use a wide range of tools that need constant sharping. Having a reference book in my collection dealing with different ways to sharpen or modify a cuting edge to deal with different types of wood grains etc could improve any woodworkers project and skill level.
as a beginning woodworker I need all the help I can get. That begins with basics. Thanks for the chance to win.
I'd love this book! It would be a miracle worker if it could help make sharpening fun... my chisels need much work -they hardly cut and I hate sharpening but I know they would be much more fun and safer to use if they were sharp.
I learned the basics of sharpening in a Woodworking class I took at a community college, but need much more help! This book would be terrific.
For me, a good part of the fun I have while doing woodwork is getting to know your tools, inside and out. And it's always been a challenge to sharpen things to a fine edge, so I welcome this book and hope I have a chance to glean from this excellent source.
it would make a great addition to my woodworking library.
I've spent a fortune buying every kind of sharpening system there is, thinking that I just don't have the right tools. This one area where knowledge means more than tools. I'm still learning after all these years.
I can always use any new tip about woodworking tools I can get.
I'm really looking forward to this book. I do pretty well on straight chisels and planes and knives, but can use help on anything with a curved surface, such as my gouges.
Good book.
Sharpening any blade always seems to be a "weak" point in my woodworking skills. This book would be a God-send in furthering those skills. Thanks for the opportunity to win this great addition to my library.
As a new woodworker, everything is new to me. I have finished my first projects, and soon will need to think about putting sharp edges back on my tools. This book looks like it would be a great addition to my growing library.
There is something "zen like" when you sharpen. I think it is the fact that you are only concentrating on the subject at hand. You are creating - an edge. I find myself getting out my sharpening stones, buffing wheel,strop and spending a couple of hours making a sharp edge. Not just on the tool I am working with but all the knives. Being a woodcarver I always strive for the razor-sharp edge. Plus I make my own blades so it almost becomes my goal instead of a means to make a tool for my carving.
We all can learn so much more about sharpening - what appears to be simple is not!
Jack Ennis Martin
We all can learn so much more about sharpening - what appears to be simple is not!
Jack Ennis Martin
I love sharpening things, especially knives. Sharpening really is fundamental to quality woodworking... how nice would our projects look if we worked with dull tools? Thanks for the opportunity to win this book.
Something I am always learning about
After using the same chisel for "a long time" I finally sharpened it. What a difference! Experience is the best teacher but this is a book I could use.
Wow! That looks like a sharp book! I'd really like to get the edge on my competitors. I bet that book would not be dull reading at all!
Just what the shop library needs!
Sharpening is not my favorite thing to do but at times it can be good mind numbing work. The reward is always awesome when you slide your number four through that finicky maple and it shaves perfectly. I am sure this will be a great read and thanks for the opportunity.
Put me in.
Pretty difficult to accomplish anything without sharp tools so this book interests me.
This book would be sure nice to have, since I have trouble sharpening chisels and such. Put my name in the hat, please. Thanks. Paul
Consider me entered!
will it help with chisels used to open paint cans?
Just re-reading "Sea Wolf" by Jack London.
Great chapter on sharpening knives and all that symbolizes.
Be sharp!
This will give me something to do while i hibernate during the summer
Your tools can never be too sharp
i coul use something like this
Count me in too. Need to sharpen chisels and other very dull tools.
Any help with sharpening would be appreciated.
I need all the help I can use with sharpening. This should help.
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