It seems to me that many people use a grinder or power sharpening regularly even routinely. I do use a grinder but rarely. I grind a chisel or plane iron and than just maintain it unless I damage it enough to warrant grinding. If the bevel gets to flat I just maintain it that way. I have chisels in regular use that have not seen a grinder in five years. Granted I’m not doing as much work as I had in the past, even then I didn’t use a grinder much. I did buy a CBN wheel and it works very well. I guess the questions I have are,
Do you grind as soon as the arc is gone.
Do you grind every time you sharpen
How long does it take you to maintain a blade, ie 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 20 minutes
it usually takes me between 2 and five minutes to maintain an edge even when flat bevel.
This is not meant to be critical of anyone’s methods. Just trying to learn.
Jim
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