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RE: Veritas sharpening guide -- micro bevel - EricU - 11-20-2016
(11-19-2016, 09:38 PM)Steve Friedman Wrote: Now, move to the mystery stone and run the exact same blade over it a few times - but let half the blade hang over the edge of the stone. After a few strokes look at the scratch pattern and you'll immediately see which stone made coarser scratch marks. Make sure you have good light and some magnification. I think 5x is plenty, but more is better.I just used the 800x and then the green stone on a chisel, and the green stone is definitely finer grit than the 800. The 800x left the blade dull, the green stone left it shiny. I'm sure 25 years ago when I bought them that I knew what I was doing. I think I'll have to upgrade my stones though.
As an aside, if you hate to sharpen, buy a lot of planes. Do a big sharpening session periodically. When one plane gets dull, just grab a sharp one.
I think I have 6 #3's, so at least with that I can follow your advise. I have 2 #7's, but they are going to be set up differently once I get around to sharpening their blades.
RE: Veritas sharpening guide -- micro bevel - Mark Allen - 11-20-2016
My two bits ... I think that micro adjuster this is one of those things that has an intended use, but some more unintended uses as well if you are clever.
I think it's a great way to take out a nick in a blade or fix a non-square edge very quickly at 120X ... I'm not sitting there grinding out the whole bevel on a bench stone just to touch up a very small area of the edge. It makes my bevels look like hell, but it's the cutting edge that matters anyways. That's not much different than anyone else here.
I will also use it for very wide blades, but not for narrow stuff (anything under a 1/2" chisel for instance), I just have a single bevel. Those narrow items sharpen quickly enough without the microbevel.
RE: Veritas sharpening guide -- micro bevel - EricU - 11-21-2016
Mark,
That sounds like a good idea, but one of my problems is I'm obsessive about this. I should work on that. I was sharpening a 1/4" chisel, and came to the realization that I had really rounded the bevel while sharpening by hand. There is 1/16" left that isn't at the primary bevel angle, and I'm having a really hard time just letting it be. I also like to have the back and bevel really shiny.
RE: Veritas sharpening guide -- micro bevel - AHill - 11-21-2016
(11-19-2016, 10:10 PM)cputnam Wrote: Let me add a big + 1 to Allan's comment. The less steel you work on the faster it will go and the less you wear your stones and guides. The leading 1/32" or less is all that counts.
I should add that IF you grind for the primary bevel, no need to use the cam to select a different bevel. Just work the "primary" bevel that was established with the grinder. I rarely grind my chisels or plane blades; only if they are damaged.