Charlie,

Didn't you have a short piece on sharpening mortise & tenon chisel
sets? Can't find it on your site. Having written that, I'll now go
through a bunch more of my "saves" and probably find it.

I was looking for it to check my own stuff for a book I'm working
on...IIRC, yours had a way of somplifying the measurement needed on
set-up.

Cheers,
Charlie Self

I tried sending this message directly to you but the message
bounced. So I'll try it this way.

Sorry - wasn't me. I did the Forty Cent Method for setting the
gap between the bit and the chisel. That's at
http://www.wood-workers.com/users/ch...tingTrick.html

There's a little about tuning them up here, about 1/3rd of the way
down (near photos of before and after polishing a chisel) but
it's not really a "how to" and I did nothing to the inside of the
chisel.

charlie b

charlie b responds:

I tried sending this message directly to you but the message
bounced. So I'll try it this way.

Sorry - wasn't me. I did the Forty Cent Method for setting the
gap between the bit and the chisel. That's at
http://www.wood-workers.com/users/ch...tingTrick.html

There's a little about tuning them up here, about 1/3rd of the way
down (near photos of before and after polishing a chisel) but
it's not really a "how to" and I did nothing to the inside of the
chisel.

Thanks. Close enough for my needs. I appreciate it.

Charlie Self
"Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves."
Dorothy Parker

http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/m.../business.html

On 15 Jan 2004 09:28:15 GMT, otforme (Charlie Self)
brought forth from the murky depths:

charlie b responds:

I tried sending this message directly to you but the message
bounced. So I'll try it this way.

Sorry - wasn't me. I did the Forty Cent Method for setting the
gap between the bit and the chisel. That's at
http://www.wood-workers.com/users/ch...tingTrick.html

I think my bit liked more depth to it to be quiet, but I've only
used it twice so far. When I get some more energy, I'll finish that
carving bench I've been wanting to build forever now.


There's a little about tuning them up here, about 1/3rd of the way
down (near photos of before and after polishing a chisel) but
it's not really a "how to" and I did nothing to the inside of the
chisel.

Thanks. Close enough for my needs. I appreciate it.

Yes, the new chisels do need honing badly. What are "we" using
for sharpening them nowadays? LVT diamond cones? Since they
were inexpensive enough, I picked up a diamond file from Griz
but wonder if LVT's 50° cone might be a better idea.


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Larry Jaques wrote:

Yes, the new chisels do need honing badly. What are "we" using
for sharpening them nowadays? LVT diamond cones? Since they
were inexpensive enough, I picked up a diamond file from Griz
but wonder if LVT's 50° cone might be a better idea.

Maybe I'm confusing the inside of the chisel sharpening things -
LV and G. Wade - in one of them the diamond sharpeners were in
the $50-$70 range - each. Are you referring to corundum cones?

charlie b

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:42:08 -0800, charlie b
brought forth from the murky depths:

Larry Jaques wrote:

Yes, the new chisels do need honing badly. What are "we" using
for sharpening them nowadays? LVT diamond cones? Since they
were inexpensive enough, I picked up a diamond file from Griz
but wonder if LVT's 50° cone might be a better idea.

Maybe I'm confusing the inside of the chisel sharpening things -
LV and G. Wade - in one of them the diamond sharpeners were in
the $50-$70 range - each. Are you referring to corundum cones?

No, diamond coated cones. 77J81.20 (bottom of the page) at
www.leevalley.com . They're $6.75 a pair, good up to 1/2".

I got the diamond file from Griz, which will be good to have
(Toss a handle on it and use it as a steel in the kitchen?)
but probably not as handy as the Lee cones.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/item...emnumber=H1423

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