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An evening at the Barn

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 Well, at least that's where my shop is at.   I had a couple of hammer heads that needed handles, and a new belt for the sander to wear out.    Got all done.  First, that sander belt:


 


  I set up the beltsander in the vise.  It serves as a "sharpener station".     The sander has a "D" handle that one can adjust to most any angle.   I set it up at 90 degrees, and clamp the "D' in the vise.    A Veritas honing guide completes the set-up:ning-039-46760-8.jpg?width=750and since there is a bench grinder next door to it, I have a decent sharpening centerning-040-46760-52.jpg?width=750I hold the honing guide with both hands, and the belt turns away from me.   Two fingers are on the blade as I sharpen, too hot for a finger, pull the guide off the belt.   I had a few chisels to sharpen up, and a block plane to do:ning-041-46760-46.jpg?width=750ning-042-46760-33.jpg?width=750Not too bad?  About those hammer heads, one was a "Cobbler's" hammer, the other was a BIG rubber mallet.   An old lathe chisel handle was redone into a Cobbler's hammer, and a large dowel was made into a mallet handle:ning-045-46760-74.jpg?width=750

Hey Steve, after you get that chisel down to that point, take a sheet of 120, and hone it down somemore, then go to a 220, then to a 360.


 


You'll see a sharper edge on those chisels.

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After  they are done on the 100 grit belt, they go onto an oil stone, still sitting in the honing guide.  Oil stone also has two grits on board.   A few swipes on each, does the trick.

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A better view of the mallet's new handle.  Just a 7/8" dowel, shaped to fit the oval eye of the mallet.   A block plane got things close, a spokeshave got the fit about right, and a belt from the belt sander finished things up.  Sanded the rest of the handle for a better grip, and rounded the end a bit.   The other hammer is a shoemaker's  "Cobbler's Hammer".  Haven't decided what it will get used for, but it will deliver a nice hit.  The hammer in the middle is just a normal sized 16 oz hammer, so one can see the different sizes better.ning-043-46761-11.jpg?width=721

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