Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Sharpening question for concave spokeshave.
JL
>Read the LV insert that came in the box. (400-600 grit sandpaper wrapper around a dowel or carver's slips). Any other good ways? The sandpaper on my sanding drums is way too coarse for this application.
Eating its young
Jim Reed @Tallahassee
>Flaten the back as usual. Use the spokeshave to pare its own profile on a soft piece of wood (basswood or the like). Cover this wood with grey silicon carbide #220 paper followed by sc #400 paper. Good luck.
Re: Eating its young - Thanks
JL
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Re: Sharpening question for concave spokeshave.
Jim in Burlington Ontario
>I like to use the micro abrasive paper attached to a dowel with spray glue. After polishing the back I really only try and polish a small microbevel. Once you get the hang of it goes quick maybe 10 min.
Re: Eating its young
Dave Mount
>Jim--
Your approach is elegantly simple and has the added advantage of maintaining the factory radius.
That said, descriptions of shaping irons for molding planes go on at great length about keeping the bevel of a shaped iron ground so that the bevel is perpendicular to the iron's edge. Your method seems to go agains that.
I have a concave Veritas shave, but not in front of me. Don't know how those are ground from the factory. . .can check later.
Am I missing something, or is "perpendicular bevel just a guideline more than a rule. . .
Dave