Tom LaRussa
10-15-2004, 12:26 PM
It worked!
(Many thanks to all who contributed their wisdom previously -- http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=12756 )
My first two projects to undergo treatment are a 3/8" paring chisel and a 1/4" thick plane blade. (The latter is for an experimental chip-breakerless plane idea I'm playing around with.) I've sharpened the chisel and it cuts end grain like butter. I haven't finished sharpening the plane blade yet, but I did manage to cut my thumb with it. :o
Methodology:
I went semi-rustic. I used Kingsford charcoal (in my Pit Master BBQ) to heat the steel and cooled it in a mixture of salad oil and "lite" olive oil. (First time I've ever found a decent use for "lite" olive oil -- yuck.)
I didn't pre-heat the oil, but it didn't seem to matter -- at least so far.
I'm working on the handle for the chisel, but since I don't have one of those spinny thingies it too will be a bit "rustic." I'm laminating it out of some slices of rosewood that I've had for so long I don't know what type of rosewood it is -- very dark stuff though.
The plane will also be made out of laminated rosewood, in a semi-Krenov style. (Except for having no breaker and the bevel being up instead of down.)
I'll post pics eventually, but without a digital camera that could take a while. :(
(Many thanks to all who contributed their wisdom previously -- http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=12756 )
My first two projects to undergo treatment are a 3/8" paring chisel and a 1/4" thick plane blade. (The latter is for an experimental chip-breakerless plane idea I'm playing around with.) I've sharpened the chisel and it cuts end grain like butter. I haven't finished sharpening the plane blade yet, but I did manage to cut my thumb with it. :o
Methodology:
I went semi-rustic. I used Kingsford charcoal (in my Pit Master BBQ) to heat the steel and cooled it in a mixture of salad oil and "lite" olive oil. (First time I've ever found a decent use for "lite" olive oil -- yuck.)
I didn't pre-heat the oil, but it didn't seem to matter -- at least so far.
I'm working on the handle for the chisel, but since I don't have one of those spinny thingies it too will be a bit "rustic." I'm laminating it out of some slices of rosewood that I've had for so long I don't know what type of rosewood it is -- very dark stuff though.
The plane will also be made out of laminated rosewood, in a semi-Krenov style. (Except for having no breaker and the bevel being up instead of down.)
I'll post pics eventually, but without a digital camera that could take a while. :(