How To Sharpen Skew Chisels With A Jig

This video demonstrates how to properly sharpen a skew chisel.

How to sharpen skew chisels with a jig. The centre line of the support tubes need to be in line with the centre of the grinding wheels. After marking the mounting holes for the support tubes I drilled some 38 holes and hammered in some 516 T-nuts on the under side of the MDF base. Please see detailed photos below.

Hold the tool so the belt always travels away from you. The video shows the proper tools and techniques needed for sharpening both a standard and oval. This bevel is subsequently refined by honing until a satisfactorily sharp edge is created.

They work more or less like other irons except that they need to be worked on both sides. Ad Find Deals on Products in Power Tools on Amazon. No Problem With The Ultimate Sharpening Jig.

Begin modifying a standard skew on a belt sander. I dont have a blade like that but I cut a piece of wood 40mm wide even wider than your requirements with a 50 degree angle. How do you check they are flat and get them sharp.

Design and print out the plan of the jig that you need. In this third episode Nick Agar shows how to sharpen a roughing gouge with a few simple steps using the open seat of Tormeks Multi Jig SVS-50. Chisels come from the manufacturer needing preparing or initialising as well sharpening.

Normally I do not use the TTS-100 but color the bevel and look how a first removal of material is positioned. A WoodWorkers Guild of America WWGOA original video. In addition to getting a better edge on your chisels you can also make a jig that will help you sharpen your plane iron jointer plane iron andor power shear.