Wood Shop Chisels

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I spent a good 5 hours today flattening the back of the chisels, re-establishing the primary bevel, and sharpening them.

Most of them were horribly misshaped by an attempt to sharpen them on the bench grinder. Most of them were ground to a 40-50 degrees instead of the 25-30 degrees that allows them to cut correctly. The picture shows a nice mirror polished bevel.

Going forward, I will be maintaining them. However, please DO NOT attempt to sharpen them on the bench grinder. If you find one that has lost its edge, please make a problem report so it can be re-sharened.

If you are interested in learning how to properly sharpen a chisel or hand plane iron, I will teaching a class on this. Please keep your eye open for the class announcement.

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Thank you for doing this! I don’t use them much, but when I do, it’s nice to have a sharp one. I’d be interested in your class.

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Thank you so much!!! I wanted to catch the class today but had other priorities come up- I’ll be there next time!!

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Those are beautifully sharpened, I’ve got some mistreated chisels that I’d love to learn how to fix up in that class.

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Looking forward to learning from you!

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Those edges are so beautifully shiny!

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used 4th from the left today. It was beautiful. Thanks!

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Wow! That is a sharp edge. Thanks for doing that, I’ll definitely look forward to learning how. I’m well overdue learning to maintain a tool I reach for so often.