I want a system for my toolbox to sharpen chisels on site - so no bench
grinders!
I want it to put a finer edge on chisels in use, and not for
resharpening any realy blunt ones.

The choice seems to be between a honing guide and an oilstone, or the
Trend Fasttrack system.

Can anyone recommend a particualr one? And is the Trend system worth
the expense?

cheers
dg

dg wrote:
I want a system for my toolbox to sharpen chisels on site - so no bench
grinders!

Angle grinder!

I want it to put a finer edge on chisels in use, and not for
resharpening any realy blunt ones.

The choice seems to be between a honing guide and an oilstone, or the
Trend Fasttrack system.

Can anyone recommend a particualr one? And is the Trend system worth
the expense?

I liked a simple diamond 'stone' - medium grit.
It's gonna depend on what you want the chisels for.

dg wrote:
I want a system for my toolbox to sharpen chisels on site - so no
bench grinders!
I want it to put a finer edge on chisels in use, and not for
resharpening any realy blunt ones.

The choice seems to be between a honing guide and an oilstone, or the
Trend Fasttrack system.

Can anyone recommend a particualr one? And is the Trend system worth
the expense?

In the workshop I use a Stanley honing guide & a cheap set of diamond stones
like these
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...38070&id=10468
Not the best in the world, but cheap enough to chuck when they wear & much
easier to use than an oilstone.

I carry a Diamond Sharpening Pen around
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...68246&ts=38184 with a little
practice & a steady eye you can improve the edge on a chisel on site. Also
handy for router cutters, knives etc.

Worth reading is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_sharp


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:32:19 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

In the workshop I use a Stanley honing guide & a cheap set of diamond stones
like these
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...38070&id=10468
Not the best in the world, but cheap enough to chuck when they wear & much
easier to use than an oilstone.

Wow. Aldi sell that exact set for a couple of quid. I bought two last
year to use. Very useful they have been to, from sharpening to
flattening the surface on disk pads.

EricP wrote:
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:32:19 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

In the workshop I use a Stanley honing guide & a cheap set of diamond stones
like these
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...38070&id=10468
Not the best in the world, but cheap enough to chuck when they wear & much
easier to use than an oilstone.

Wow. Aldi sell that exact set for a couple of quid. I bought two last
year to use. Very useful they have been to, from sharpening to
flattening the surface on disk pads.

I bought a set of them some years ago and just couldn't get an edge. I
think the tin must have flexed in use so rounding my efforts off.

I got a slab of a diamond stone with one face so fine I thought it was
just the back of the bar. The other cuts like broken glass through
chalk. Getting diamond grits is one thing but keeping them flat is
another. they re only as good as the backing strip they are laminated
to.

No messing with oil is the best thing about them. Having said that my
old oil stone is still perfectly flat after years of use.

*******

I've got one of those clamps that you can fix a blade to in order to
hold it at the right angle but have yet to use it. I've had it so long
I doubt I could find it without a rigorous sort out.

The problem with them is that you need a slight curve in a plane blade
and for sharpening chisels, it isn't worth the effort of getting it set
up.

The best thing if you need sharp chisels at all times is a tool roll
and use it meticulously. Which -after a while, you just don't bother
with. It takes five minutes to get an edge on a chisel and the more
often you do it, the easier and quicker it is to do.

On 7 Nov 2006 19:36:46 -0800, "Weatherlawyer"
wrote:


EricP wrote:
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:32:19 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

In the workshop I use a Stanley honing guide & a cheap set of diamond stones
like these
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...38070&id=10468
Not the best in the world, but cheap enough to chuck when they wear & much
easier to use than an oilstone.

Wow. Aldi sell that exact set for a couple of quid. I bought two last
year to use. Very useful they have been to, from sharpening to
flattening the surface on disk pads.

I bought a set of them some years ago and just couldn't get an edge. I
think the tin must have flexed in use so rounding my efforts off.

I got a slab of a diamond stone with one face so fine I thought it was
just the back of the bar. The other cuts like broken glass through
chalk. Getting diamond grits is one thing but keeping them flat is
another. they re only as good as the backing strip they are laminated
to.

No messing with oil is the best thing about them. Having said that my
old oil stone is still perfectly flat after years of use.

*******

I've got one of those clamps that you can fix a blade to in order to
hold it at the right angle but have yet to use it. I've had it so long
I doubt I could find it without a rigorous sort out.

The problem with them is that you need a slight curve in a plane blade
and for sharpening chisels, it isn't worth the effort of getting it set
up.

The best thing if you need sharp chisels at all times is a tool roll
and use it meticulously. Which -after a while, you just don't bother
with. It takes five minutes to get an edge on a chisel and the more
often you do it, the easier and quicker it is to do.

I agree with your thoughts but I am interested in this tool roll?

Sharpening takes longer than using, a bit of a pain.

On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:12:53 GMT, EricP wrote:

|On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:32:19 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
|
|In the workshop I use a Stanley honing guide & a cheap set of diamond stones
|like these
|http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...38070&id=10468
|Not the best in the world, but cheap enough to chuck when they wear & much
|easier to use than an oilstone.

My two sided, coarse and fine, carborundum stone works well and cost
peanuts, not sure where it came from.
|
|Wow. Aldi sell that exact set for a couple of quid.

Not any more, but they will probably appear on the specials list some time
in the future

My exact duplicate set came from Lidl, if one wants to wait till they come
round on the specials list again.
--
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method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well advised get a
newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say news.individual.net. These
will allow them: to see only *new* posts, a killfile, and other goodies.

DMT diamond wetstone.

dg Wrote:
I want a system for my toolbox to sharpen chisels on site - so no bench
grinders!
I want it to put a finer edge on chisels in use, and not for
resharpening any realy blunt ones.

The choice seems to be between a honing guide and an oilstone, or the
Trend Fasttrack system.

Can anyone recommend a particualr one? And is the Trend system worth
the expense?

cheers
dg

I carry a medium diamond stone and a Stanley honing guide. To touch up
a chisel takes about a minute so why would you bother with anything
else ?




--
Nick H

dg wrote:
I want a system for my toolbox to sharpen chisels on site - so no bench
grinders!
I want it to put a finer edge on chisels in use, and not for
resharpening any realy blunt ones.

The choice seems to be between a honing guide and an oilstone, or the
Trend Fasttrack system.

Can anyone recommend a particualr one? And is the Trend system worth
the expense?

cheers
dg

I use a Tormek wetstone - easy, fast, great results.

Dave

Do a google search for Scary Sharp - this uses a sucession of finer and
finer grades of emery paper on a glass plate.
Very cheap and sucessful - I use this in conjunction with a stanley
guide to get the angle correct.

Trev


NoSpam wrote:
dg wrote:
I want a system for my toolbox to sharpen chisels on site - so no bench
grinders!
I want it to put a finer edge on chisels in use, and not for
resharpening any realy blunt ones.

The choice seems to be between a honing guide and an oilstone, or the
Trend Fasttrack system.

Can anyone recommend a particualr one? And is the Trend system worth
the expense?

cheers
dg

I use a Tormek wetstone - easy, fast, great results.

Dave

On 2006-11-08 11:45:04 +0000, NoSpam said:

dg wrote:
I want a system for my toolbox to sharpen chisels on site - so no bench
grinders!
I want it to put a finer edge on chisels in use, and not for
resharpening any realy blunt ones.

The choice seems to be between a honing guide and an oilstone, or the
Trend Fasttrack system.

Can anyone recommend a particualr one? And is the Trend system worth
the expense?

cheers
dg

I use a Tormek wetstone - easy, fast, great results.

Dave

So do I, but I wouldn't think of it as something for site use....

Andy Hall wrote:
On 2006-11-08 11:45:04 +0000, NoSpam said:

dg wrote:
I want a system for my toolbox to sharpen chisels on site - so no bench
grinders!
I want it to put a finer edge on chisels in use, and not for
resharpening any realy blunt ones.

The choice seems to be between a honing guide and an oilstone, or the
Trend Fasttrack system.

Can anyone recommend a particualr one? And is the Trend system worth
the expense?

cheers
dg

I use a Tormek wetstone - easy, fast, great results.

Dave

So do I, but I wouldn't think of it as something for site use....



Ah, didn't see the "site" bit. RTFQ!

Dave