And that was only up to 600 grit, and just the corner catching my finger. Went to brush some dust off and slice!
Today turned into sharpening day. I got out of work early and after grilling out I went to work on my jointer blade. 25 degrees was achieved so I pulled out the other grits and started my way through them. I didn’t look hard enough before going to work and during testing I think the blade is still a little curved. So I’ll have to start back down low again and redo it.
While the paper was out I decided to rehone all my other plane irons, then went and got out the chisels. I brought everything through 1000 grit (all my glass would hold at one go) Everything is nice and shiney now. If I have some extra time tomorrow I’ll bring them up through 2000+.
This does point out to me that I need a bench however. Testing the jointer out with a piece of wood clamped in a 4” bench vise (not the wood kind) is not fun.
4 comments so far
Scott Bryan
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posted 62 days ago
Ouch!!! What an appropriate post with the emphasis on safety that is going on!! I would say you have gotten the blade sharp. It is a challenge to use hand planes without a bench. Sounds like you have mentally committed to a woodworking project to me.
Have fun.
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Eric
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posted 62 days ago
One consolation – the sharper it is, the less it hurts!
-- Eric at http://adventuresinwoodworking.com
GaryK
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posted 62 days ago
You got that right Eric!
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
Grumpy
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posted 62 days ago
Strange though, the little cuts seem to hurt the most.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python