sharpening

#1 03-11-2003, 07:26 PM

I have been doing power carving of animals for quite some time and have recently started doing carving with knives and gouges. My question concerns sharpening. Can anyone recommend a really good book on the subject. Really having trouble with gouges and v-tools. ???

millhoused · #2 03-11-2003, 09:14 PM

Hi OldBearx2,
I can't recommend a book but I can recommend some web sites that will fix you right up.
http://www.oldjoe.org/ToolSharpening...harpening.html
http://www.woodcarvers.com/SHARPENIN...arp/index.html

These are my favorite sharpening links in no particular order.

Carving,
Don

#3 03-11-2003, 09:19 PM

Find about any of Harold Enlows woodcarving books and you will find about as good of instruction as anywhere. Sharpening instructions are always shown at the first of his books.

Make the chips fly and don't cut yourself!!!

millhoused · #4 03-11-2003, 10:36 PM

I was just reading my 'Carving Magazine' www.carvingmagazine.com and it shows an upcoming issue will have sharpening techniques by Joe Dillett. Also, Big Dog sells sharpening books at:
http://thewoodcraftshop.com/

makin' firewood,
Don

Plain_Ol_Ed · #5 03-12-2003, 08:42 AM

'Complete guide to Sharpening'
Leonard Lee
$22.95

or

'On the Cutting Edge a Woodcarver's Guide to Sharpening'
Loren Moseley
$12.95

both available from 'Little Shavers'
(206)767-7421

#6 03-12-2003, 11:36 AM

There are many good books and websites that cover just about every technique for sharpening. This can actually be even more confusing considering that there are so many ways to achieve the same results.

The best way to learn sharpening is still finding someone with sharp tools and asking them to teach you how they do it and what they use.

Good whittlin, Cliff
Charles City, Iowa
http://cliffordparker.tripod.com

#7 03-15-2003, 09:49 PM

Happiness is a sharp chisel !

If it don't cut to da bone.... it ain't sharp !

ol fred

millhoused · #8 03-20-2003, 04:28 PM

On rare occasions I wish I had dull tools. Cut to da bone hurts. :-[

#9 04-05-2003, 09:18 PM

I bought a wet/dry slow speed grinding sharpener from Sears today for 30.00. I had read somewhere that this was a great poor man's sharpener.

It seems a little hard to get the angle set right but I will have to keep experiment some unless someone has some pointers for using this grinder.

#10 04-06-2003, 10:11 AM

Yep! I got one of those $30 Sears sharpeners a few weeks ago and used it twice. Like you, I had trouble setting the angle. Yesterday I noticed the stone had a big crack thru it and is unusable ! I have heard that it is impossible to replace the stone !! I hope you have better luck than I have !! :P
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