Protip: For curve profiled blades, use them to cut the shape they're designed to make, then sand that down just the thickness of a 1200 grit sheet of paper, then glue the paper own to it. Perfect sharpener.
Perfect timing to find this video! My next project is to sharpen all my 45 and 55 cutters. The only question I have about the process is...what do I check the sharpness of the edge with after I shave off all my arm hair?? Lol Interesting and very instructive video my friend! Keep them coming!
Greetings My bench has seen numerous sash cut with a S-45. First impressions using this tool had me assessing its value as minimally adequate. Stubborn persistence showed me a lot of nuance. To really accelerate one’s 45 progress let me suggest taking on a ten-piece sash job involving
Thanks for the great Stanley 45 and 55 videos. I have seen commercial round sanding sticks, even an interesting tapered version. One idea I see about sharpening curved areas is using a slip stone set, a little over $30.00 on EBay. Your idea is cheaper and something that can be done with materials at hand.
If you use the other fence to keep the plane tracking on the board, you can eliminate the possibility of the plane sliding off the molding, and reduce variation particularly in the smaller details of the molding
Here you go. www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DWZ3hO4UnNQM&ved=2ahUKEwio3vewvYT3AhVcAp0JHcFvA_sQwqsBegQIBRAE&usg=AOvVaw1AUVPE0dERktcAqD0nqYAT
+Opa's Workshop lol. I actually used to use the cheap stuff from Harbor Freight. Just recently gave that to someone else but man I love these Diamond Stones
Hi, ya could show me how to sharpen a convex 55 combination blade, please. I saw you sharpening the concave blades, which seem quite straightforward? But it's the convex blade, which I'm not too sure about? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks Papalouie 👍
+donny carter I absolutely love working with them. They may seem expensive but when you start looking at professional stones they are actually on the cheaper side.
Nice. I actually glued strips of sandpaper around dowels to do this and i go to higher grits using wet-n-dry sandpaper. I am halfway in my moulding plane restoration project. Not sure there will be a video, but i recorder most of it, might do it some day. Other things first. Handtool Pattern Baldness, well, i never ever tested my sharpness that way. I dont know why people do it. Its a strange fetish, i mean, habit...
I can usualy tell the sharpness from just feeling it but I do enjoy maintaining a bald spot there for some reason. LOL Looking forward to seeing your video!
Sure. just make sure it is not too soft. that can actualy dull the tip if the blade sinks in causing the leather to wrap up around the tip when pushed into it.
I could do that. but the bevel side of a plane blade never touches the wood. back when this was made most never sharpened anything past 250. if you were to sharpen one to a very high grit and another to just 250 you could not feel a difference. Because only the tip and the flat side touch the wood. I could also get slip stones and take it much higher. but there is no need. now if this was a gouge where both sides had to slide past the wood then defenetly go higher if possible. does that answer your question?
Wood By Wright regardless of which side touches the wood, the edge itself is affected by both surfaces. if you have a rough grind / deep scratches on one side and a mirror polish on the other, the edge will still take the profile of the rough side.
Protip: For curve profiled blades, use them to cut the shape they're designed to make, then sand that down just the thickness of a 1200 grit sheet of paper, then glue the paper own to it. Perfect sharpener.
Perfect timing to find this video! My next project is to sharpen all my 45 and 55 cutters. The only question I have about the process is...what do I check the sharpness of the edge with after I shave off all my arm hair?? Lol
Interesting and very instructive video my friend! Keep them coming!
Sounds like you have fun ahead of you.
Hi James.
Great content. Thanks.
What make are your shapeners?
JT
Greetings
My bench has seen numerous sash cut with a S-45. First impressions using this tool had me assessing its value as minimally adequate. Stubborn persistence showed me a lot of nuance. To really accelerate one’s 45 progress let me suggest taking on a ten-piece sash job involving
Thanks for the great Stanley 45 and 55 videos. I have seen commercial round sanding sticks, even an interesting tapered version. One idea I see about sharpening curved areas is using a slip stone set, a little over $30.00 on EBay. Your idea is cheaper and something that can be done with materials at hand.
Thanks. No reason to complicate things.
thank you so much i just bought a stanley no 50 and i had no idea how to sharpen the blades...
+yinn2yang thanks. If you ever have any questions feel free to ask any time.
If you use the other fence to keep the plane tracking on the board, you can eliminate the possibility of the plane sliding off the molding, and reduce variation particularly in the smaller details of the molding
+gstellmon very true.
Interesting!! that planing sound at the end is so tasty!
I love the sound of a sharp plane!
rescuer sandpaper, very well done, James
Thanks! did you get your plane yet. not expecting it yet but thought I would ask.
Not yet received, Thank you :)
How do you sharpen a rounded blade please? Thanks Tony
Here you go. www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DWZ3hO4UnNQM&ved=2ahUKEwio3vewvYT3AhVcAp0JHcFvA_sQwqsBegQIBRAE&usg=AOvVaw1AUVPE0dERktcAqD0nqYAT
Nice big plates for sharpening. Like!
+Аleksey Bek thanks. I love the DMT plates!
Great tips James. Now I kno who can sharpen my 45 till I can afford diamond plates lol. Good work brother
+Opa's Workshop lol. I actually used to use the cheap stuff from Harbor Freight. Just recently gave that to someone else but man I love these Diamond Stones
@@WoodByWright are you still using diamond stones? I’m jumping up from a DMT two-sided thing. Either to oil stones or some diamond ones.
Very, very informative. You always have such great tip videos.
Thank you! that means a lot!.
Hi, ya could show me how to sharpen a convex 55 combination blade, please. I saw you sharpening the concave blades, which seem quite straightforward? But it's the convex blade, which I'm not too sure about? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks Papalouie 👍
That's usually considered to be the much easier of the two. You generally just do it on a sharpening stone like you would with a gouge or scrub plane.
@@WoodByWright thanks m8
Very good info James! Can you tell me what stones you're using? Thanks for the video!
Diamond plates from DMT
+Wood By Wright perfect thanks
+donny carter I absolutely love working with them. They may seem expensive but when you start looking at professional stones they are actually on the cheaper side.
What compound do you recommend for a strop? And where can I buy it?
just about anything. will do. I prefer Zink oxide but there are a ton of others that work just as well. this is what I use. amzn.to/2vsYKfO
I like it...I have been sharpening for years and I even got something out of it. Are those dmt diasharp stones?
+the Von Thompsons thank you. That means a lot. Yes those are DMT stones. I absolutely love them.
Great information I like the hand tool baldness that we all end up with funny stuff
+Thom spillane LOL. Yep that is how we can all identify ourselves.
Just curious how your diamond plates are holding up. Do you notice that its wearing down at all?
I have not noticed any difference at all in the 6 months I have had them. they cut Really fast.
Good stuff my friend i like it and very nice tips :)
Thanks!
No problem my brother thank you sir :)
i can tell you watch paul sellers videos! he is awesome and this video is great as always.
he is one of my favorites! I love his style.
+Wood By Wright he is the best woodworker alive id say
Nice. I actually glued strips of sandpaper around dowels to do this and i go to higher grits using wet-n-dry sandpaper.
I am halfway in my moulding plane restoration project. Not sure there will be a video, but i recorder most of it, might do it some day. Other things first.
Handtool Pattern Baldness, well, i never ever tested my sharpness that way. I dont know why people do it. Its a strange fetish, i mean, habit...
I can usualy tell the sharpness from just feeling it but I do enjoy maintaining a bald spot there for some reason. LOL Looking forward to seeing your video!
can you use a regular leather belt as a strop?
Sure. just make sure it is not too soft. that can actualy dull the tip if the blade sinks in causing the leather to wrap up around the tip when pushed into it.
thank you for the tip
Did you notice the first 30second clip after your intro repeats?
I don't know what you mean. for some reason when it rendered there was a gap right after the intro that I did not catch tell after it was released.
For the curves, why is 400 grit sufficient? Is it because of the shape? Otherwise you could easily get some 1000 grit automotive sandpaper.
I could do that. but the bevel side of a plane blade never touches the wood. back when this was made most never sharpened anything past 250. if you were to sharpen one to a very high grit and another to just 250 you could not feel a difference. Because only the tip and the flat side touch the wood. I could also get slip stones and take it much higher. but there is no need. now if this was a gouge where both sides had to slide past the wood then defenetly go higher if possible. does that answer your question?
+Wood By Wright yep. Thanks. That makes a lot of sense.
Wood By Wright regardless of which side touches the wood, the edge itself is affected by both surfaces. if you have a rough grind / deep scratches on one side and a mirror polish on the other, the edge will still take the profile of the rough side.