Rochester Woodworkers Society


After lunch, John Britton led off the afternoon with flat blades	John covered sharpening plane irons, chisels, and scrapers	One of John's chisels, mirror finish on front and back	John shows the setup of his Veritas sharpening jig

John has made some helpful modifications to his diamond stone setup	One of the students comes up to try things out	John offers some helpful suggestions	The back is also important, being done while still in the jig

Care is used in cleaning off the swarf	John explains the two different leather strops he uses	Rather than shave his arm, John prefers to shave a plastic pen	After chisels, John moved on to plane irons

One of John's garage sale finds sports the sharpened blade	A couple of quick strokes on a piece of Red Oak...	yields nice curly shavings showing the blades readiness for use	Next, John tackled scraper blade sharpening
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Photos by Ralph Mosher & Kurt Hertzog

Sharpening Workshop