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@cameron hochachka and then a guy like me comes along, and suddenly you go missing and are never seen again. *TO MY PROBATION OFFICER for legal reasons, this is a JOKE. But, only for legal reasons.*
@@flonxu2385 huh I've always just drilled them out and used a punch to push the other hand through. I work in aviation though so it's a little easier to know the exact diameter of the shank to drill
You should clean your chisel and stones both when switching grits. If you are worried about "cross contamination" because your roller on your guide holds much more sludge than your chisel bevel ever could.
😂i never knew how sharp chisels where until i started doing construction we rarely use them for the type of work i do but god dammn it boy everthing is dangerous
Good question! I tend to hop back and forth. When I am setting a new angle or if I have gone free hand on a chisel and want to wrangle it back in I use a honing guide. But when I'm mid project and need a quick resharpen I just free hand it.
Try a micro bevel dude, then you have a deadly sharp chisel, it can get even sharper if you roll the micro bevel, literally takes 1-3 passes 1 for basic, 2 for double micro bevel, and three is rounding both bevels into eachother to make a rolled microbevel
I love seeing how vastly different people can sharpen their chisels lol. I find it personally overkill using four different grits and an angle guide but whatever works for each one of us is good haha (not criticizing, sorry if I hurt someone's ego lol)
They’re all Veritas. As for anything with Harbor Freight, you get what you pay for. So it might get the job done for a little bit don’t expect too much.
How do you like the honing guide? I can never get the blade to sharpen square no matter the setup or technique. It's honestly better freehand, and I'm terrible at it lol.
That edge finding jig is nothing short of genius. Love it. I'd really like to see a short explaining how it came to be and what the math looked like in order to ensure its accuracy.
Trailer and workshop storage are two different things. I hold my chisels in box protected by foam, but its cause its shop i can use when needed so cant really build it up. In next one what is really mine i'm making that holder, though maybe a cabinet instead.
I always feel a bit embarrassed when I whip out the chisel guide to keep the angle stable during grinding because so many people swear by eyeballing it. It makes me a bit more confident seeing excellent woodworkers use a similar device nowadays
@@TimberBiscuitWoodworks fair lol I need to master some sharpening skills. I just lazy with it. I got that PM-V11 blade metal on all my Veritas hand planes and it’s worth it. They stay razor sharp for a long time.
He used the rear edge exclusively with the notch to do the cut on the glass and then unused part of the blade ran it across paper. He didn't use 95% of the blade to cut the glass. So yes it will cut paper as usual. The toughness of rex 121 is much lower than m4, 10v, z wear, v4e.
Those Veritas chisels are awesome. I have the 1/2” PMV-11 chisel and I can’t say enough good things about it. It retains its edge as well as my Japanese chisels, maybe better. If you’re concerned about the price, try one. They’re worth it.
I couldn't agree with you more! So man people have said this five minute process looks like a lot of work. Which of course it isn't, but when you only have to do it once then just maintain it. Not to mention it lasts a good amount of time, it makes it worth while.
I've found veritas has the best quality chisels and plane blades from the factory. More often then not i havent needed to flatten them from the factory, worst one i had was a jack plane blade and it only took 5 minutes to flatten
I just sharpened my chisels. Then I was doing a corner for a table apron and it slipped out of my hand on a corner on concrete and destroying my precious edge. It was a super fun time.
@@TimberBiscuitWoodworks *secret* they were harbor freight chisels so don't feel so bad :) Still, I spent a good 10 minutes sharpening each one, that's what made me mad!
Soon as you put it in the rack tip down and I saw it wobble a little I held my breath. One of two things happen. 1. You try to catch it and cut your hand 2. It falls and hits the floor and you start over I have a magnetic I attach them to and usually put some blue tape on the tips when not in use. They don't fall and the don't cut anything they shouldn't.
I chiseled my hand before and it surprisingly didn't bleed and or hurt after the initial strike I was playing with it cause of how deep it was in class and my teacher said to go to the nurses office lol to this day I still have a scar
@@TheOnlyRealSquid that's not necessarily cross contamination. It's not good to move even a few coarse stone particles on a fine one, you will put some ugly scratches on your chisel. Sometimes you can live with that but it's better not to.
For sure! What I mean there is that you don’t want your shavings from your more course grits to mix in your on your more fine sheets. It can cause more wear on sheets so it’s best to give the blade a quick wipe before moving to the next grit.
I saw you pulling the chisel backwards ...pulling it away from the stones. This is 100% backwards. The correct method is to push the chisel point INTO the stone.....Every chisel manufacturer in the world instructs the 'push into' method....and has for centuries. FYI
It's not good to mix the larger particles and the smaller ones across the sheets as it can lead to more wear on the sheets and an inconsistent edge on the chisel.
So these are not stones, rather they are lapping sheets, like super fine sandpaper. And I just have them stuck to a chunk of granite. Here's a link if you want to grab your own: amzn.to/3wqOkzv
The only chisel I have was originally only purchased to hand carve a sake cup from mahogany. Once my dog chewed the bowl up after I'd gotten most of the chiseling done I just gave up cuz it was the first time I'd ever done anything like that and I used mahogany like an idiot so it took over a week just to carve the rough shape of the cup.. after that the chisel became my matchstick splitter, use it with a hammer to split pieces of wood into little shards I can soak in kerosene and coat with wax so I have little "match sticks" for lighting BBQ pits. Chisel was only worth like 5 bucks so it doesn't pain me to see the chips and warps on the edge
Noooooo. Verity’s are pre flattened on the back like perfectly flat no flattening needed. Sharpening is a quick home to bring it to razor sharp. But good idea for the sides though can’t tell how many times I’ve cut my self on those bad boys when selling them
here im gonna buy a high end tool but then i dont think the factory did a good enough job so im just gonna go and redo the work. makes ZERO sense. i dont by a snap on or cornwell wrench and be like ya know what im gonna heat this thing up and bend in the fingers to make it extra special good.
Yeah so a chisel is not a wrench for starters and it requires some work to keep it sharp. When you get a Veritas chisel is comes with instructions, those instructions allow you to customize your blade for your style of work. In my case that’s a 35 degree secondary bevel and a little work to the back. All in all it’s about 4 minutes that go a long way towards the life of the tool.
So you have to sharpen your chisel right out of the box? Hell i don’t have to sharpen my chainsaw chains out the box because they are already sharpened enough to where i can cut a lot of wood
I learned to sharpen against the blade and have done so so far, Tend to use just two grits of diamond hand file and lapping board to finish it. From what i have seen this creates least amount of burl. If corner is missing or something like that, then i run i hog most off with angle grinder keeping mind the temps and then do the steps. Then again guide and wet stones could be good for this too.
I never sharpened with the wet stones. went straight to diamond plates and glass plates. Some people say they like wet stones better. I’m wondering if I should try them
