jonathan snyder
01-15-2007, 12:37 AM
Hi Folks,
Thanks to Derek Cohen for his great plane iron back flattening tutorial last week.
While waiting for some shellac to dry today, I decided to give it a try. I started with 80 grit sandblaster and worked down to 1500 wet/dry. The only thing I have finer than the 1500 paper is the micro abrasive I use to sharpen with, but I don't have much left so I stopped at 1500. I did a vintage Stanley #18 block plane iron, I vintage unmarked, #5 iron, and a LV A2 iron for my Stanley Type 11 smoother. The A@ blade was by far the hardest! I used the magnetic base for my dial indicator, but it barely sticks to that A2 steel, unlike the vintage steel.
Anyway here are a couple of pics. Not quite as good as Derek's, but after honing the A2 blade down to 0.5 microns, I made some nice shavings. That is probably the sharpest I have ever gotten that A2 blade.
Here is the #18 iron
55144
Some nice shavings from hard maple. Walnut shavings would not even stay together.
55145
Jonathan
Thanks to Derek Cohen for his great plane iron back flattening tutorial last week.
While waiting for some shellac to dry today, I decided to give it a try. I started with 80 grit sandblaster and worked down to 1500 wet/dry. The only thing I have finer than the 1500 paper is the micro abrasive I use to sharpen with, but I don't have much left so I stopped at 1500. I did a vintage Stanley #18 block plane iron, I vintage unmarked, #5 iron, and a LV A2 iron for my Stanley Type 11 smoother. The A@ blade was by far the hardest! I used the magnetic base for my dial indicator, but it barely sticks to that A2 steel, unlike the vintage steel.
Anyway here are a couple of pics. Not quite as good as Derek's, but after honing the A2 blade down to 0.5 microns, I made some nice shavings. That is probably the sharpest I have ever gotten that A2 blade.
Here is the #18 iron
55144
Some nice shavings from hard maple. Walnut shavings would not even stay together.
55145
Jonathan