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[Gerry Doll]

Stanley 71 cutter. Received badly sharpened, multiple facets, uneven grinds. Tried to level the flat, have ended up with close to a 25% bevel, rather than the original 30%, and still nowhere near to the cutting edge. Ready to order a new cutter from Lee Valley. Seriously flustrated.

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[Derek Cohen]

Gerry, this is the method I advocate for preparing a router plane blade. It absolutely restore your edge ...

http://www.inthewoodshop.com/WoodworkTechniques/SharpeningRouterPlaneBlades.html

Vic Tesolin made a video of it ...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuNu-GlgH88

Regards from Munich

Derek

[Rob Luter]

Gerry, this is the method I advocate for preparing a router plane blade. It absolutely restore your edge ...

http://www.inthewoodshop.com/WoodworkTechniques/SharpeningRouterPlaneBlades.html

Vic Tesolin made a video of it ...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuNu-GlgH88

Regards from Munich

Derek

I've used this method at Derek's suggestion. It works and works well. I'm tempted to craft a wooden barrel shaped honing strop to charge with compound and get that extra sharp edge using the same jig.

[steven c newman]

There is another video on that page....one by Paul Sellers....basically what I just got through using with mine.....