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Sharpening

20 January

How to Grind & Sharpen a Router Plane Blade

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Tools
  • Comments 2 comments

Grinding and honing a router plane blade can be a challenge, as it’s a freehand operation. A hollow grind is a huge aid in freehand honing.

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Cambered Plane Irons
18 March

How Much Camber Do You Put on That Plane?

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Tools
  • Comments 4 comments

Throughout my series of posts on milling lumber by hand, I used several different hand planes. Each of the planes that I used was chosen for the specific tasks that they excel at. The jack plane is the perfect size …

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Warped Plane Iron
10 February

Sharpening a Badly Warped Plane Iron

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Tools
  • Comments 1 comment

WARNING: If you are a sharpening purist or a flat back Nazi, stop reading this right now, go to your safe place, and watch a few cat videos. If you ignore this advice, understand that what you are about to read is guaranteed to trigger you in ways that you’ve never imagined. Continue at your own risk.

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Scraping the curves smooth
27 January

How to Sharpen and Burnish a Card Scraper

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Tools, Videos
  • Comments 3 comments

I use card scrapers a lot in my work. They’re not only extremely valuable for smoothing areas of difficult long grain, I also use them all the time for cleaning up and smoothing end grain as well. However, for a …

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Hand Tools & Techniques Podcast
14 October

HTT063 – Restoring an Old Oil Stone

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Audio, Q & A
  • Comments 0 comment

Today, we have the Patron Extra podcast from July 2018.  In this show, I answer a question from a listener about restoring an old oil stone.

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ShepherdSaws04
06 October

How to Sharpen a Hand Saw – The 2009 Version

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Videos
  • Comments 1 comment

I have never really understood all of the hesitation that folks have learning to sharpen their own hand saws. It’s no more difficult than learning to sharpen a plane iron or a chisel. All it takes is a small investment in some simple, inexpensive tools and a few minutes of practice.

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05 June

Video: How to Camber a Plane Blade Without a Grinder

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Videos
  • Comments 0 comment

In today’s video I’ll show you how to camber a plane iron without a grinder.

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02 June

Video: How to Camber a Hand Plane Blade with a Grinder

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Videos
  • Comments 0 comment

In this video, I demonstrate using a high speed grinder to camber the cutting edge of a jack plane blade.

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How to Re-handle a Chisel
24 April

Video: Hand Tool Q&A #1

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Q & A, Videos
  • Comments 0 comment

In this Q&A video, I talk shaving horses, when to stop and sharpen your tools, and a bit about primary and secondary woods for your projects.

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Filing New Saw Teeth
15 April

Video: How to Re-tooth a Hand Saw

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Tools, Videos
  • Comments 0 comment

Contrary to common belief, re-toothing a saw isn’t difficult at all, and doesn’t require any fancy expensive equipment. All it takes is a mil file, a tapered saw file (or two) and a little patience.

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Chiseling a bevel
16 October

When Should You Stop Working and Sharpen?

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Tools, Videos
  • Comments 2 comments

One of the questions most often asked by new woodworkers, and most often waffled on by experienced woodworkers in not HOW to sharpen but WHEN to sharpen.

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Setting Saw Teeth
09 October

How Much Set Should Your Hand Saw Have?

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Tools, Videos
  • Comments 2 comments

The question of how much set to add to a hand saw is a common one for new saw sharpeners. Tooth set is a critical component to the performance of a hand saw. But how do you know if your saw has the proper amount of set?

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