How To Make A Sharpening Jig For Chisels

In addition to getting a better edge on your chisels you can also make a jig that will help you sharpen your plane iron jointer plane iron andor power shear.

How to make a sharpening jig for chisels. The purpose of the chisel sharpening jig is to hold the chisel or woodworking tool at the desired angle while grinding or. Its made up of four small plywood pieces a few screws and two bearings. How to make the sharpening jig.

As a general rule of thumb. With all of the parts made I could put the jig together and try it out for the first time. Wide enough to accommodate the rollers.

Now to use the jig all you do is slide your blade or chisel into the slot tighten slightly until you have it adjusted up to the stopper and also have the side of the chisel or blade aligned with the side of the alignment tool then finger tighten and you are now ready to sharpen that tool. Now I glue a piece of plywood to the bottom. Using the Sharpening Jig.

Make it shorter than your shortest chisel blade here about 10cm. If so you might want ot track down a Stanley sharpening jig. How To Sharpen A Chisel With A 12 Jig - YouTube.

If playback doesnt begin shortly try. It worked very well in my test chisel and I think I will add this to my regular sharpening. To create this cutting edge a bevel is formed on the blade usually by grinding.

Making a jig for sharpening chisels is an easy project that can better edge more comprehensive chisels. Im not sure how short your problem-tools are but I imagine they cannot be too much shorter than a spokeshave iron--theyre more likely to be a little longer. I think the way to use this set up is to make several little sliding holders and mount several chisels that need sharpening.