How To Sharpen Skew Chisels With A Jig

Making a jig for sharpening chisels is an easy project that can better edge more comprehensive chisels.

How to sharpen skew chisels with a jig. A sharp chisel will give you the best result when you are turning. This bevel is subsequently refined by honing until a satisfactorily sharp edge is created. Completely round the short point side up to the ferrule.

The video shows the proper tools and techniques needed for sharpening both a standard and oval. This video demonstrates how to properly sharpen a skew chisel. For me straight skew chisels are pretty easy to do independent of the angle they are grinded to.

No Problem With The Ultimate Sharpening Jig. Normally I do not use the TTS-100 but color the bevel and look how a first removal of material is positioned. Ad Find Deals on Products in Power Tools on Amazon.

Further he shows how to sharpen a parting tool and a skew using the closed seat of the SVS-50. 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. They work more or less like other irons except that they need to be worked on both sides.

Hold the tool so the belt always travels away from you. 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. 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.

How do you check they are flat and get them sharp. 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. The centre line of the support tubes need to be in line with the centre of the grinding wheels.