Which of the following methods do you use to sharpen hand tools?
- Sandpaper on glass
- Waterstones
- Oilstones
- Diamond plates
- Buffing wheel or leather strop with honing compound
- I don’t know how to sharpen tools yet
You will not be able to change your vote.
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You need a choice for all of the above.
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I agree that you need more than one choice
You need a choice for none of the above.
Are ceramic stones so little used that its not a choice. Been using them for a couple of years and I am very happy with the results.
You're vote allows only a single choice. I use my Tormek, waterstones, a DMT diamond plate, and a slow speed grinder depending upon the job that needs doing.
waterstones would cover about 99% of mine... the last being ceramic slip stones for queer shapes....
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I finish by very fine honing on leather, but most of the work is done on oil stones. Carving tools may benefit from a buffing wheel, though I am using that a lot less these days. In some cases (saws) I use a file. In short the poll is overly simplistic.
Hey How come I can only vote for one.....I use several of them listed.
and some of the methods I use ain't there...
Is this a republican survey??????
where's the question on gay marraige?
Eric
publican survey...?? ya mean they got beer here tooo....??
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Mike,
<<ya mean they got beer here tooo....??>>
Yeah...sure...sorta...if ya call (American) Budweiser or Coors "beer" (other than in the technical sense).....
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James
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Ahem..
k... sorrry for the confusion... been one o them days.....Mike Wallace
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Mike,
<<sorrry for the confusion... >>
Confusion? Isn't he the Chinese gentleman that's famous for all those pithy sayings? ;-)Tschüß!
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James
famous...??
for stickin wotzits into fortune cookies...??
mannn... ever get the feelin yer in the wrong job....????
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Ruth, unless you'r trying to jack up the water stone marketing to prove a point, the question is too narrow. It should be " what principal method do you use to sharpen plane irons and chisels" and the second question must be the same for honing. Most will use multiple methods for both depending on the tool. Pat
Which hand tools Ruth?
Does sandpaper & emery paper on a piece of solid surface counter material count?
Your poll could be interesting but there should be provision for selecting several methods because I do not believe any one method is adeqquate. I personally use sandpaper and/or emery cloth on whatever flat surface is available at the time (usually a tablesaw), and/or oilstones, and/or a belt sander, and/or diamond plates, and a leather strop. And, to those who will say "A BELT SANDER?!?!", do you think that the tool knows whether the aluminum oxide or other abrasive is clumped together in a stone or glued onto a belt? And if the tool does know do you think it cares?
I use water stones for chisels and plane blades. I also use the Veritas ll power sharpener. I use leather strops on my carving knives and an electric sander with a leather belt to hone my carving tools. I will use a grind stone to sharpen and shape damaged carving tools or plane blades and chisels and then use other means such as water stones, sand paper on glass, or leather belts or strops to do the final honing.
It all depends on my needs.
Stan Jubas
I try and try using all these methods and still do a poor job. If there is a foolproof method I'd be interested in improving my methods.
I use wet/dry body paper, and then a leather strop with honing compound. It is the fastest I've found.
I have a few friends who tend to be rather abrasive and I just give the tools a quick pass on their heads, does that count?
I use Lee Valley varitas Mark II system for sharping my hand tools
I'm one of the "All of the above" folks, Ruth.
What I use varies with the tool.
Ditto the observations that we have to be able to vote for more than one, and you have to be more specific about the tool.
For instance, for flat tools like plane irons and chisels, if I have to fix a nick, I'll start at the slow speed grinder, move through courses of sandpaper on glass, and end with diamond paste. But if there is no nick to take out, I might go to the sand paper first, or strain to the honing. But for carving gouges, it is most just honing on a regular leather strop with compound, but occasional shaping on sand paper. With turning gouges it is the slow speed grinder and then a leather power stropping wheel on the other end of the grinder.
See what I mean?
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