Sharpen Mortise gauge?
Sanford Levy
>Hi folks. I am just learning to cut mortise and tenons by hand and have a gauge question. I bought a mortise gauge from Lee Valley (about $40 I think) and the pins on it are very dull. They gouge rather than cut. This means they sometimes they follow grain rather than cutting through the grain and they do a very bad job on the end grain for the tenons. I have read different things about this. One source said they should not be sharpened and another said they should be sharpened on the inside. I would greatly appreciate advice! I did a search on the group and did not find much. Sanford