Greetings all and Merry Christmas. Been thinking about buying a power sharpener, and wondered what the grind angle is on various Pfeil chisels/gouges. Some of these power sharpeners seem to have adjustable angle settings. Thanks!
Or you could get a piece of leather an some polish and make a strop.And practice it’s not that hard to keep an edge on chisels.I also purchased a power sharpener maybe 40+ years ago. I used it a few times and found that it likes to grind away my nice chisels much smaller than a good sharpening stone or diamond plate. The best thing to get is a good honing guide if you need something to keep a consistent angle on your chisels until you learn how to sharpen your chisels. The old adage of K.I.S.S. is still true today.
Just after I stopped using that power sharpener I bought a Lee Valley Veritas Mk. II honing guide and never looked back. It is a wonderful jig. It's price now is a bit expensive but well worth it in my opinion. For gouges you will have to learn how to sharpen them by hand. Not hard but it does have a learning curve to it.
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Standard wood chisel is 25 degrees.Greetings all and Merry Christmas. Been thinking about buying a power sharpener, and wondered what the grind angle is on various Pfeil chisels/gouges. Some of these power sharpeners seem to have adjustable angle settings. Thanks!
A strop is something to be used after you have established the angle/edge and to remove the "burr". YES - you do keep a strop handy at all times to touch up that edge when it starts to drag on/in the cut. You are correctOr you could get a piece of leather an some polish and make a strop.And practice it’s not that hard to keep an edge on chisels.
Amazing what stiff paper can do with a little elbow grease and a lot of patience. I use paper to burnish finishes.I hone my gauges with a cereal box and, they are razor sharp.
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