Chisel needed a new bevel

[steven newman]

Remember that WIDE chisel I picked...?

I got to checking the bevel a bit closer...

About the 1st 1/8" was pitted..badly...even on the back...

Makes it very hard to get a sharp edge....Bevel was rounded  instead of flat...

 

hauled a big glass of water to the shop...we have work to do..

 

First off, get rid of the pits..

90 degrees, until no mo pits...

Right wheel (coarse), left wheel Fine ...Coarse to grind away the pits...fine to flatten the back..

Tall glass of water...Oil stones in a little bit..Got the bevel hollow ground to just barely the edge...checking for square ( alot)

Then off to the sanding disc..

6", 80 grit...start near the center of the disc, and pull to the rim...DUNK, repeat as needed...

1st stone is quite coarse..a bit of 3in1 oil to get things moving....2nd stone is a 600 Medium India stone...a few drops of oil.   On both stones, I also hit the flatten back..finally..

A few minutes on the 1500 wet-or-dry paper...paper is clamped to the India stone...helps keep things flat....getting close to sharp..

That is a 6" cloth wheel on my #2 grinder...A Green crayon gets applied to the wheel...and then the back and bevel of the chisel go for a ride...

Back is flat where it needs to be...other chisel is 24mm wide...it is more of a wide paring chisel...

And the bevels....there IS a bald spot on my left forearm...about 1-3/4" wide. 

 

So....how many hours of sheer "drudgery" did this take?

About the same amount of time as this load spent in the washing machine.

 

Have started working on plane irons too...

The Stanley No. 5 now has a slight camber to it's edge, as befitting it being a Jack Plane.  

The Sargent 410c has been thoroughly cleaned up..pitted edge cleaned and now square to the edge...

Millers Falls No. 9 with need a clean up and sharpening...

 

Just puttering around...

 

[lew]

Puttering around!!

[Grandpadave52]

You get more done puttering around than I do intentional working.

 

BTW, very shiny.

[PostalTom]

On 9/20/2023 at 11:05 PM, Grandpadave52 said:

intentional working

That term is not in my vocabulary.  I sounds like something I used to do, and gave up at the end of 2017.