Dan T Jones
03-30-2016, 4:46 PM
Hello,
I've never posted here but I thought this might helpful to someone. Being a pretty confirmed power tool person I acquired a Stanley No 12 last week for some African Mahogany. I sort of cringed thinking of all the sanding I knew I would be in for, from another project with this wood.
Anyway I did my due diligence and with some help from more experienced users (way more) I got to the task of shaping and honing the blade. I decided to go with my Worksharp both to get the 45 degrees and to hone the edge. I built the simple jig in the picture and in pretty short order got to shavings. When I started the blade was at about 90 to the work and screeching. As I dialed the blade back toward me it got better and better. I'm sure it can get better still. For one thing I did not try to roll the edge but just went with the honed edge.
I started with 100 grit to form the edge and ended with 1000 both on the edge and to faces of the blade.
Dan
334868334869
I've never posted here but I thought this might helpful to someone. Being a pretty confirmed power tool person I acquired a Stanley No 12 last week for some African Mahogany. I sort of cringed thinking of all the sanding I knew I would be in for, from another project with this wood.
Anyway I did my due diligence and with some help from more experienced users (way more) I got to the task of shaping and honing the blade. I decided to go with my Worksharp both to get the 45 degrees and to hone the edge. I built the simple jig in the picture and in pretty short order got to shavings. When I started the blade was at about 90 to the work and screeching. As I dialed the blade back toward me it got better and better. I'm sure it can get better still. For one thing I did not try to roll the edge but just went with the honed edge.
I started with 100 grit to form the edge and ended with 1000 both on the edge and to faces of the blade.
Dan
334868334869