Good video Luke. Sharpened the mind and the irons

@AussieWoodshed

2 ай бұрын

Thanks

Good info, thanks.

@AussieWoodshed

2 ай бұрын

Thankyou

Great video

@AussieWoodshed

2 ай бұрын

Thanks

Ok ok ok, I'll have a Sharpen all the Things weekend 😅

@AussieWoodshed

2 ай бұрын

Haha, i still have plenty to sharpen too always something to sharpen, but i always put it off to next time.

Yes to freehand sharpening - if only for the reason that many tools don't fit into jigs - and they need sharpening too. A woodworker needs to be able to sharpen anything and everything...

@AussieWoodshed

2 ай бұрын

I completely agree, it's an essential skill to learn.

Very good demonstration. Your sharpening technique is similar to Phil Lowe. Except he sharpens the blade straight along the blades edge. I only sharpen freehand.

@AussieWoodshed

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. I admit i had to Google Phil Lowe to find out who he was, now i know.

For many years, I only ever did freehand sharpening but I am older now and it's not so easy, so I use guides often but when I do freehand, I sharpen the very edge first then roll back to get a curve - a gentle roll which is hard to explain. It looks like this: straight edge at about 30 degrees with rolled edges and gently cambered back to about 25 degrees or whatever. I don't know if that makes sense.

@AussieWoodshed

2 ай бұрын

So you mean the heel of the bevel is rolled to a different angle than the cutting edge?

@PeteLewisWoodwork

2 ай бұрын

@@AussieWoodshed Yes but I'm never really sure exactly what the angles are and I don't think it's as critical as some people suggest. Only when I use a guide do I actually know what the angles will be. Hand sharpening is not a mystical art but some people seem to be put off by the thought of doing it. Honestly, I learned it as a youngster (because I had to) and if I can learn it, anyone can - and probably do it better than me. I'd compare it to riding a bike - when you learn how to do it, you can always do it - it really is that simple!

Is that a glitch at 1:22, or is my KZread being weird?

@AussieWoodshed

2 ай бұрын

Yes, it appears to have glitched slightly. Strange

@EvenTheDogAgrees

2 ай бұрын

@@AussieWoodshed alright, not me then. Thanks for checking, and thanks for the video.

Thick v thin. I don't understand the science either but.conpare a Cook's Knife to a Ham or Fsh Slicer. The slicers might be sharpened to the same angle and grit as a Cook's knife but they will slice finer. The Cook's Kife blade is 2 to 3 times as thick as a slicer.

@AussieWoodshed

2 ай бұрын

Yeah it's definitely interesting, i was thinking maybe it's related to the wider bevel maybe, but not sure.

@B_COOPER

2 ай бұрын

A thicker blade is stronger, less likely to ever warp or distort it. My scrub plane may or may not be a number four that was dropped top down and has an only half a frog and no adjustment wheel… still functions but I have to crank up the cap iron just a bit which slightly has bent the blade where the frog once was….

@ArnallWoodworks

2 ай бұрын

Lie a knife flat on a surface. The apex will be half the thickness of the blade above the surface. This is why a thin knife can slice thinner.