5:34 - you picked up an inflection from The Samurai Carpenter there... he he. Love The Samurai Carpenter. It is really good to have a NZ version of building videos that relate to how we do stuff. Great service to the building community - cheers.
It always looks professional using a carvers mallet. It’s good to see a good tradesman. I’ve owned three in succession. I use the norton India stone. Tried the diamond stones. Couldn’t get on with them. What ever works for you. 👍🏻🏴
You gotta go all in with Diamonds or not at all; buy cheap brands and you're doomed to fail. DMT make awesome plates that last for years and remain dead flat, but they will cost as much as diamonds for SHMBO (and no, diamond plates can't double as anniversary gifts - damn it!). The other caveat with diamond sharpening, is they are only practical up to roughly 1200grit (which is all you need for framing). If you're doing Fine WW, you're going to need something else for the much higher grits. DMT do an 8k diamond plate, but it's not worth it because the diamonds are so small, they struggle to remain embedded within the plate's substrate - this is why 1200grit is about the limit. Lower grits, means the diamond particles are bigger, which means there's more of it to be held in the substrate. This brings me to the next point: never press hard when sharpening with diamonds - you'll dislodge those diamonds from the substrate and prematurely destroy your plate. Use a light touch, because it serves no purpose to press hard anyway.
@@darthschumy cheers for that Darth. 😀 It’ll make a big space in my tool bag having a diamond stone instead of a oil stone. I’ll look one up. 1200g you say?😯 amazon are bound to have one. As for anniversary presents... here’s a tip for you. If your good lady wears bracelets Buy her a one with the trinkets that attach. Every year buy her an attachment that clips on or for special occasions... bedroom activity doesn’t count. 😼 This saves on valuable time looking for unwanted gifts. Tell her to wear it to go out in. Not for work as they slowly disappear. Trapped in the photo copier, tangled up in the hoover, down the sink etc. Hope this helps brother. 👍🏻😀🇬🇧
Love the Samurai Carpenter. He takes doing it properly to the extreme, but in a friendly and enjoyable way. Oh to be close by and hang out at one of his meet ups!
Nice little video! I gotta make myself one of those chisel roll ups. I often use my bench grinder in the shop for taking the bulk of the steel off (gouges and damage etc) and then fine tune them on a whet stone. Always a good idea to have a stone in the van for tuning up a chisel on site! Shout out to Jesse, my fellow Canukistanian
Been using the honing guide for 10 years. Makes great presents for friends. Use anything you want to get the edge like sandpaper or stones or even lapping paper. The consistent edge is unbeatable.
Just got my dad the occidental suspenders! Just arrived in the mail, might get myself my own set they are bloody comfy, pairing it with his Taurus apron to get the weight of his hips! Keep it up and let’s get 100 vids this year
Yes I had one of those little honing guides for years when I was able to do some woodwork and cabinet making and it is a priceless piece of kit - so exact. I also used wet stones too for sharpening as the older oil stones were so messy and smelly. By the way the metal rings around the top of the wooden handle we called those ferrules ;-D OH forgot we always kept our wet stones immersed in water to keep them soaked and from time to time flattened them with a honing stone by Norton,
honnestly i use to be super traditionnal when it comes to sharpening, i would waste tons of time with my wet stones and all of that , now i just use my belt sander with a 240grit like a damn barbarian, and it's sharp as hell in a matter of seconds.
Likewise these days. Cheap Stanley guide with the wheels designed to run on a stone works a treat on a belt sander. Recently bought a small linisher for the shed and works a treat. Note. Clean the sawdust from your belt sander before sharpening
A lovely video like always! The way you talk in a low key manner about chisels and the subject of sharpening makes me happy. By the way, your chisels look mint. Greetings from Holland
I am just starting out with woodworking myself. I plan to make a heart for the birthday of my misses coming Tuesday. I hope one day to have such beautiful chisels. Take care and thank you for all your reactions!
so cool you ran into a guy from Veritas tools! I have that honing guide in my class! It's great. So glad you get to try that product out Scott. I'm from Canada btw
I've been using the VERITAS SHARPENING GUIDE for the last couple of years and find it superb. Being the Mk II it has the extra honing equipment to put that fine micro- edge on the chisel if needed: unlike its predecessor. I work the tool with angle gauge and an angle finder.
Hey Scott. I am a chippy from Tasmania. Next time you are looking for stones or sharpening gear look into dmt diamond stones. I have one that is extra coarse one side and fine on the other. For a quick sharpening on site and can get my chisels shaving sharp just using the stone. If I want a mirror finish I will then use wet & dry sand paper. Because it is steel/diamond it stays flat. So you can use the extra coarse side to flatten your whetstone as well
I have to be honest, to do door hardware now I use a brand new knife blade to cut the outline of the striker plate on the jamb and latch plate on the door, by screwing it in place. I can easily get a 3mm deep or more if I want cut and it's so thin and being dragged along instead of hit in it eliminates any crushing of the surrounding timber . Then I unscrew it and use a little router to work the stuff out inside the cut lines. When you go near the cut the last little bit just flicks out. I cannot get a better result with a chisel no matter how sharp. The pine used here for doors is so soft and fibrous it will squash rather than cut if wacked in a across the grain.
@@ScottBrownCarpentry yea. The natives are alot nicer for chiseling. Probably a case of getting lazy and not keeping my chisels razor sharp too. Got to keep them in the van though. Theres a time and a place. You will have to set a new goal next year for 150 videos mate. Ya cant stop here. This is my favourite thing on RUclips by far. 👊
hi scott, i know this is an old video and hope you find this comment, there is an old video made by taunton press called hand tools with frank klausz, where master klausz shows the proper method. it is around on the internet (a site with cro and wood in its name) it`s the best thing i`ve seen on sharpening and tool prep in general. i make my own stones out of portland cement or a mix of cement and fine sand as crazy as it sounds it works just fine. nice chisels you have, thanks for sharing. pete
You should burnish the edge as well after sharpening with a burnisher, which flattens out all the micro jagged edges created during sharpening. You get a much sharper blade this way.
To put the “candle” on a chisel I use a honing guide and a belt sander. It’s very fast and refined. I prefer it to my water wheel. Then I finish off on my whetstone. I put that on the draining board at the kitchen sink and run the tap on it. Micro bevel, flat the back on 400 then 800 grit then polish on leather strop. Only problem is getting used to using something so sharp. 😀
good video ,,,i spent hours sharpening chisels and plane blades ,,,but only really use my whet stone when i am out fitting oak doors etc as my chisels loose there edge very quick ,,,,but use an electric sharpener to create 2 flat surfaces when i can ,,,, but fab video mate
Veritas is the brand made by Lee Valley Tools in Ottawa Ontario Canada. They make high quality woodworking tools and reproductions of older tools no longer available elsewhere. A very ethical company as well. Still run by the founding family. They also make high quality precision surgical instruments. They’re not as cheap as others but the quality is guaranteed.
Before you use the water stone you need to soak it in water or your not getting the full benefits,but I’d scrap that and get a diamond stone,they won’t break and if there’s no water a bit of spit will work,bonus👍🏻
I have that same honing guide, and it works brilliant, you can wear groves in your stones though, I would get more stones and work your way up grits. If you don’t want to wear your stones then get some diamond stones, dmt make good ones.
Funny that Scott, we have the same chisels, same honing jig ( the micro bevel setting is useful) and same stone. I didn’t look at any video , just researched each item. Have you got next weeks loto numbers I might use them🤗
Scottish carpenter here. I use pfeil chisels and japanese waterstones at 3000 grit. I still like to use the router to hog out material - but edges are done with chisels.
That's my primary tool for sharpening plane irons and chisels other than stones. You'll want the adapter for narrow blades as well and that's all you'll ever need.
Hi scott, it might be beneficial to setup a stationary camera to film the process and progress and speed it up. It could bring more viewers to your channel. I'm in college for carpentry and this is really helpful, thank you.
My dude , you look like Vinny from Jersey shore 😂.. great vids by the way I'm a 2 year apprentice and find your videos extremely helpful . Keep up the good work/videos
Belt grinder for chips to remove bulk of material, oil stone for refining then a piece of plate glass with t cut to lap and polish. I can shave when I'm finished 😄
Hey Scott! Cheers for all your uploads mate. Finding them really helpful. I'm Japanese but grew up in NZ and am currently a carpenter here. My dad showed me how he sharpens his chisels on a wet stone and he soaks his for at least an hour. Is yours a bit different where you don't have to soak them?
Hey mate, cheers! Shapton recommend soaking it for around 5 to 10 minutes when you first get the stone. Half of the stone is tempered glass so perhaps it doesn't need much water ? Sounds like your old man knows his stuff though!
Little advice needed on angles of chisels, would I need a to start by putting a 25 degree angle on my chisel and then put a 30 degree cutting angle on?
I got a Jack plane with my tool kit when I was an apprentice in 1979, only ever used it about 4 times. If you haven't mastered the art of keeping a good angle for your chisels and plane irons, then you need to get practicing on the stone and forget the honing guide.
So I have a full line of chisels. I use to carve duck decoys. Use to. What’s strange is, as a finish carpenter, I have all but abandoned the use of chisels. I keep a honed set, and never use them. Just recently pulled all of them from my truck, except two, and store the rest away. Weird though. 20 years ago it was a hand tool that I used almost daily.
I've been to NZ a few times (from Canada) and found it quaintly macho. These videos have supported my observations - not one woman to be seen ! Yeah Veritas !!
im a site joiner in the uk I would recommend honing guide n I know you've laid money out on your shapton stone but rather than buy into a stupidly expensive set of stone I would highly recommend a trend or dmt duel sided diamond stone course n fine dmt 325 grit n 600 grit trend is 300 and 1000 grit then purchase some white buffing compound and a old leather belt I've used them for years and once you flatten and polish the backs of your chisels and you do same on bevel its take about a minute to go from dull to a razor hair popping sharp
@@ScottBrownCarpentry Sure is, have a DMT DuoSharp (325/1200), and the 16k glass. I use the 325 to keep the glass flat, been a great little system, works well for me. Go straight from the 1200 diamond to 16k glass, and after 30 seconds I'm looking at my reflection, lucky me! 😍😂
You need to flatten the back of your chisel, once in your life ... well, maybe once every five years. I have the Mk II honing guide as well, I love it. You "grind down" the bevel to the right angle, say once a week, once a month, then you use the micro-bevel angle to bring it to a super-sharp edge, every day or two.
Lee Valley is the best tool company here in Canada for wood working. Boy I have spent some $ in that store. If you ever want anything from Lee Valley Scott let me know. I would be happy to post it to you. Peter Sellers has a great youtube fedd and great sharpening videos.
Your suggestion if followed, is potentially and likely to end in catastrophe; it all depends on the wetstone you're using. Instead, follow the manufacturer's advice on soaking. Many wetstones, typically the most expensive, are simply sprayed with a little water and are ready to go immediately. Soaking them instead will literally and permanently destroy them; they will become expensive sludge/mud.
Actually hollow grind refers to the bevel itself, and japanese chisel bevels are always flat ground because hollow grinding would make the thin laminated steel more brittle. The hollow on the back of the chisel is called an "ura", designed to make flattening the back of the chisel faster.
@@HendrikusDeVaan "ura" just means back/rear/reverse side. ( translate.google.com/?sl=ja&tl=en&text=ura&op=translate ) It's used, for example, in aikido for versions of techniques that take you behind your opponent rather than in front.
Dude if you're in a workshop with space use the water system. Out and about use the oil, no mess other than a rag that's why we have the oil. For framing, those chisels are silly overkill. Just like you stated we hit our chisels harder because we work fast and rough framing and jointing rough work. That's why they make modern chisels with resin handles. If you came on my site with that carvers mallet, you would get laughed right off. Most people don't need to look at the chisel when hitting it, not even my bolster and lump hammer.
Doesn't seem worth it when you can pick on up very similar to the Lee Valley one for £3-£4, admittedly not as flash as the Veritas one but at about a twentieth of the price it still functions fine. Rather spend my time making furniture at such a cheap price.
Apex that the term Scott. Practice your technique without that guide. 1 Find primary angle lock your wrists 10 seconds in figure 8. 2. Find secondary micro bevel. 10 seconds done. Backs don't change between sharpening.
If you soak the wet stone for 5-10 mins beforehand apparently it helps. Chef tip for sharpening knives will also work for chisels -www.wuesthof.com/international/knowledge/honing-und-sharpening/sharpening-stones/index.jsp
I wish i had a few nicer chisels, Mine do work but they are cheap and not straight. They keep an edge as well as butter and rust at the sight of moist wood.
This guy would really have an aha experience if he learned how to sharpen chisels and threw those German Kirch chisels far away - there is so much chrome in the steel it's like sharpening in soap. How can you seriously believe that you can get sharp chisel on a DMT plate of 600 grid
Check out the channel I build it. He shows you how to make a chisel sharpening jig to keep the proper angle when you're sharpening them. Definitely a fun channel to check out. He makes everything out of wood
I just buy new set of chisels after each use. I am not carpenter I seldom use them and good electronic sharpener costs like 300€ and that buys me 30 sets of chisels and fuck that hand sharpening.
5:34 - you picked up an inflection from The Samurai Carpenter there... he he.
Love The Samurai Carpenter.
It is really good to have a NZ version of building videos that relate to how we do stuff.
Great service to the building community - cheers.
It always looks professional using a carvers mallet. It’s good to see a good tradesman. I’ve owned three in succession. I use the norton India stone. Tried the diamond stones. Couldn’t get on with them. What ever works for you. 👍🏻🏴
You gotta go all in with Diamonds or not at all; buy cheap brands and you're doomed to fail. DMT make awesome plates that last for years and remain dead flat, but they will cost as much as diamonds for SHMBO (and no, diamond plates can't double as anniversary gifts - damn it!). The other caveat with diamond sharpening, is they are only practical up to roughly 1200grit (which is all you need for framing). If you're doing Fine WW, you're going to need something else for the much higher grits. DMT do an 8k diamond plate, but it's not worth it because the diamonds are so small, they struggle to remain embedded within the plate's substrate - this is why 1200grit is about the limit. Lower grits, means the diamond particles are bigger, which means there's more of it to be held in the substrate. This brings me to the next point: never press hard when sharpening with diamonds - you'll dislodge those diamonds from the substrate and prematurely destroy your plate. Use a light touch, because it serves no purpose to press hard anyway.
@@darthschumy cheers for that Darth. 😀
It’ll make a big space in my tool bag having a diamond stone instead of a oil stone.
I’ll look one up. 1200g you say?😯 amazon are bound to have one.
As for anniversary presents... here’s a tip for you. If your good lady wears bracelets Buy her a one with the trinkets that attach.
Every year buy her an attachment that clips on or for special occasions... bedroom activity doesn’t count. 😼
This saves on valuable time looking for unwanted gifts. Tell her to wear it to go out in. Not for work as they slowly disappear.
Trapped in the photo copier, tangled up in the hoover, down the sink etc.
Hope this helps brother. 👍🏻😀🇬🇧
Phenomenal skills, phenomenal knowledge.
I’m a plumber in the uk and love your videos. Good work man
Thanks !
Love the Samurai Carpenter. He takes doing it properly to the extreme, but in a friendly and enjoyable way. Oh to be close by and hang out at one of his meet ups!
Nice little video! I gotta make myself one of those chisel roll ups. I often use my bench grinder in the shop for taking the bulk of the steel off (gouges and damage etc) and then fine tune them on a whet stone. Always a good idea to have a stone in the van for tuning up a chisel on site! Shout out to Jesse, my fellow Canukistanian
Love your videos, they’re to the point and informative!
Been using the honing guide for 10 years. Makes great presents for friends. Use anything you want to get the edge like sandpaper or stones or even lapping paper. The consistent edge is unbeatable.
😊
Just got my dad the occidental suspenders! Just arrived in the mail, might get myself my own set they are bloody comfy, pairing it with his Taurus apron to get the weight of his hips! Keep it up and let’s get 100 vids this year
Nice one bro!
Yes I had one of those little honing guides for years when I was able to do some woodwork and cabinet making and it is a priceless piece of kit - so exact. I also used wet stones too for sharpening as the older oil stones were so messy and smelly. By the way the metal rings around the top of the wooden handle we called those ferrules ;-D OH forgot we always kept our wet stones immersed in water to keep them soaked and from time to time flattened them with a honing stone by Norton,
honnestly i use to be super traditionnal when it comes to sharpening, i would waste tons of time with my wet stones and all of that , now i just use my belt sander with a 240grit like a damn barbarian, and it's sharp as hell in a matter of seconds.
😂😂 awesome
Likewise these days. Cheap Stanley guide with the wheels designed to run on a stone works a treat on a belt sander.
Recently bought a small linisher for the shed and works a treat.
Note. Clean the sawdust from your belt sander before sharpening
I got real good at freehand sharpening. It only takes me about 40 seconds.
I use my grinder to sharpen it as that is always in the toolbox
A lovely video like always! The way you talk in a low key manner about chisels and the subject of sharpening makes me happy. By the way, your chisels look mint. Greetings from Holland
Thanks man 🙂
I am just starting out with woodworking myself. I plan to make a heart for the birthday of my misses coming Tuesday. I hope one day to have such beautiful chisels. Take care and thank you for all your reactions!
I have had that Veritas guide for 8 years now. Works great. You can also get the micro bevel using it for razor sharp chisels. Pretty easy to use.
2 best tormek t8 is best
what a beauty - lucky guy. I bought a honing guide a while back but had to get the el cheapo one.
It was my lucky day
Nice video, the mk 2 guide is good, especially useful if you sharpen to different angles and it’s also easy to do a secondary bevel.👍
I think I've found the guy who can sharpen all my blunt chisels. Ive been looking for you...
Tormek wet stone grinding wheel and polishing wheel keep all my chisels razor sharp without any feathered edges. Saves alot of time and effort
so cool you ran into a guy from Veritas tools! I have that honing guide in my class! It's great. So glad you get to try that product out Scott. I'm from Canada btw
I love the Samurai carpenter. His online school is amazeballs.
Great review video Scott 👍🏻 from the UK
Cheers mate!
I've been using the VERITAS SHARPENING GUIDE for the last couple of years and find it superb. Being the Mk II it has the extra honing equipment to put that fine micro- edge on the chisel if needed: unlike its predecessor. I work the tool with angle gauge and an angle finder.
Hey Scott.
I am a chippy from Tasmania. Next time you are looking for stones or sharpening gear look into dmt diamond stones. I have one that is extra coarse one side and fine on the other. For a quick sharpening on site and can get my chisels shaving sharp just using the stone. If I want a mirror finish I will then use wet & dry sand paper.
Because it is steel/diamond it stays flat. So you can use the extra coarse side to flatten your whetstone as well
Cool. I met Vic when he was over in the UK. Nice chisels. I have some nice Japanese ones too. Save them for best away from nails! 👊
Hi thanks for sharing. I'm from Canada and the store that sells Veritas is 15 minutes away. All the planes and chisels you can imaging are on display.
Damn that gear is mint! Thanks for the vids!
I have to be honest, to do door hardware now I use a brand new knife blade to cut the outline of the striker plate on the jamb and latch plate on the door, by screwing it in place. I can easily get a 3mm deep or more if I want cut and it's so thin and being dragged along instead of hit in it eliminates any crushing of the surrounding timber .
Then I unscrew it and use a little router to work the stuff out inside the cut lines. When you go near the cut the last little bit just flicks out.
I cannot get a better result with a chisel no matter how sharp. The pine used here for doors is so soft and fibrous it will squash rather than cut if wacked in a across the grain.
I deal with a lot of that pine too. I find myself using the router more and more
@@ScottBrownCarpentry yea. The natives are alot nicer for chiseling. Probably a case of getting lazy and not keeping my chisels razor sharp too. Got to keep them in the van though. Theres a time and a place. You will have to set a new goal next year for 150 videos mate. Ya cant stop here. This is my favourite thing on RUclips by far. 👊
hi scott, i know this is an old video and hope you find this comment, there is an old video made by taunton press called hand tools with frank klausz, where master klausz shows the proper method. it is around on the internet (a site with cro and wood in its name) it`s the best thing i`ve seen on sharpening and tool prep in general. i make my own stones out of portland cement or a mix of cement and fine sand as crazy as it sounds it works just fine. nice chisels you have, thanks for sharing. pete
You should burnish the edge as well after sharpening with a burnisher, which flattens out all the micro jagged edges created during sharpening. You get a much sharper blade this way.
To put the “candle” on a chisel I use a honing guide and a belt sander. It’s very fast and refined. I prefer it to my water wheel. Then I finish off on my whetstone. I put that on the draining board at the kitchen sink and run the tap on it. Micro bevel, flat the back on 400 then 800 grit then polish on leather strop. Only problem is getting used to using something so sharp. 😀
Very interesting Scott Brown👍😎
Veritas make really good stuff. I have a couple of theirs guides/jigs
I loved the jug at 5:23. Where is it from ?
I love my 2 cherries dude and I just made a packout for some of them, I think you have more of them then me, time to go shopping 🤣😎
Haha Nice one bro!
good video ,,,i spent hours sharpening chisels and plane blades ,,,but only really use my whet stone when i am out fitting oak doors etc as my chisels loose there edge very quick ,,,,but use an electric sharpener to create 2 flat surfaces when i can ,,,, but fab video mate
Veritas is the brand made by Lee Valley Tools in Ottawa Ontario Canada. They make high quality woodworking tools and reproductions of older tools no longer available elsewhere. A very ethical company as well. Still run by the founding family. They also make high quality precision surgical instruments. They’re not as cheap as others but the quality is guaranteed.
Before you use the water stone you need to soak it in water or your not getting the full benefits,but I’d scrap that and get a diamond stone,they won’t break and if there’s no water a bit of spit will work,bonus👍🏻
I have that same honing guide, and it works brilliant, you can wear groves in your stones though, I would get more stones and work your way up grits. If you don’t want to wear your stones then get some diamond stones, dmt make good ones.
You're so much easier to watch than the samurai carpenter and I use to watch a lot of his vids.
Funny that Scott, we have the same chisels, same honing jig ( the micro bevel setting is useful) and same stone. I didn’t look at any video , just researched each item. Have you got next weeks loto numbers I might use them🤗
Scottish carpenter here. I use pfeil chisels and japanese waterstones at 3000 grit. I still like to use the router to hog out material - but edges are done with chisels.
That's my primary tool for sharpening plane irons and chisels other than stones. You'll want the adapter for narrow blades as well and that's all you'll ever need.
Just love your video. Have you been to carba-tec harris rd at East Tamaki there are whole lot of wood working tools.
Yeah man that's where the tool demo was held . You can spend a good amount of time in that store
Hi scott, it might be beneficial to setup a stationary camera to film the process and progress and speed it up. It could bring more viewers to your channel. I'm in college for carpentry and this is really helpful, thank you.
My dude , you look like Vinny from Jersey shore 😂.. great vids by the way I'm a 2 year apprentice and find your videos extremely helpful . Keep up the good work/videos
Belt grinder for chips to remove bulk of material, oil stone for refining then a piece of plate glass with t cut to lap and polish. I can shave when I'm finished 😄
Got one, Love it
Aye Scott Brown, what size is your paring chisel pal?
Make sure you use the sides and turn the stone around from time to time so you wear it down as evenly as you can
Hey Scott!
Cheers for all your uploads mate. Finding them really helpful. I'm Japanese but grew up in NZ and am currently a carpenter here. My dad showed me how he sharpens his chisels on a wet stone and he soaks his for at least an hour. Is yours a bit different where you don't have to soak them?
Hey mate, cheers! Shapton recommend soaking it for around 5 to 10 minutes when you first get the stone. Half of the stone is tempered glass so perhaps it doesn't need much water ? Sounds like your old man knows his stuff though!
your chisels at the start were blunt! cant believe you had never heard of a honing guide! + you need a leather strop
Little advice needed on angles of chisels, would I need a to start by putting a 25 degree angle on my chisel and then put a 30 degree cutting angle on?
This video here gives interesting commentary/instructions on chisel angles: ruclips.net/video/IqPw3qXS3YU/видео.html
I got a Jack plane with my tool kit when I was an apprentice in 1979, only ever used it about 4 times. If you haven't mastered the art of keeping a good angle for your chisels and plane irons, then you need to get practicing on the stone and forget the honing guide.
So I have a full line of chisels. I use to carve duck decoys. Use to. What’s strange is, as a finish carpenter, I have all but abandoned the use of chisels. I keep a honed set, and never use them. Just recently pulled all of them from my truck, except two, and store the rest away. Weird though. 20 years ago it was a hand tool that I used almost daily.
I've been to NZ a few times (from Canada) and found it quaintly macho. These videos have supported my observations - not one woman to be seen ! Yeah Veritas !!
im a site joiner in the uk I would recommend honing guide n I know you've laid money out on your shapton stone but rather than buy into a stupidly expensive set of stone I would highly recommend a trend or dmt duel sided diamond stone course n fine dmt 325 grit n 600 grit trend is 300 and 1000 grit then purchase some white buffing compound and a old leather belt I've used them for years and once you flatten and polish the backs of your chisels and you do same on bevel its take about a minute to go from dull to a razor hair popping sharp
Enjoy the Mk2, love it. I start on diamonds and finish on my 16000 grit shapton glass ;)
16000 woah, it must be like a mirror
@@ScottBrownCarpentry Sure is, have a DMT DuoSharp (325/1200), and the 16k glass. I use the 325 to keep the glass flat, been a great little system, works well for me. Go straight from the 1200 diamond to 16k glass, and after 30 seconds I'm looking at my reflection, lucky me! 😍😂
Another carpenter from canada here but east coast QUÉBEC
Keep up the vids Scott A++++
hey Scott what size is your pairing chisel cheers
30mm James 👍
Try a rubber mallet they the perfect tool to use chisel to me.
Hi Scott, i know you are a big Makita fan. Can you please answer a question regarding the batteries? Do 18v LXT batteries work on non LXT tools?
Im not sure sorry, but I've bought a lot of Makita 18v and I haven't had any compatibility issues
You need to flatten the back of your chisel, once in your life ... well, maybe once every five years. I have the Mk II honing guide as well, I love it. You "grind down" the bevel to the right angle, say once a week, once a month, then you use the micro-bevel angle to bring it to a super-sharp edge, every day or two.
Lee Valley is the best tool company here in Canada for wood working. Boy I have spent some $ in that store. If you ever want anything from Lee Valley Scott let me know. I would be happy to post it to you. Peter Sellers has a great youtube fedd and great sharpening videos.
May take you up on that sometime! Cheers
I'm a chef myself, and for best results with whet stone I find soaking the stone in a bucket of water for at least 15 minutes really helps.
Your suggestion if followed, is potentially and likely to end in catastrophe; it all depends on the wetstone you're using. Instead, follow the manufacturer's advice on soaking. Many wetstones, typically the most expensive, are simply sprayed with a little water and are ready to go immediately. Soaking them instead will literally and permanently destroy them; they will become expensive sludge/mud.
How much the honing guide cost?
About $150 nz I think
The grind on the Japanese chisel is called a hollow grind. Great video
Actually hollow grind refers to the bevel itself, and japanese chisel bevels are always flat ground because hollow grinding would make the thin laminated steel more brittle. The hollow on the back of the chisel is called an "ura", designed to make flattening the back of the chisel faster.
@@HendrikusDeVaan "ura" just means back/rear/reverse side. ( translate.google.com/?sl=ja&tl=en&text=ura&op=translate ) It's used, for example, in aikido for versions of techniques that take you behind your opponent rather than in front.
I love the Samurai Carpenter - Other RUclipsrs worth looking at are Matt Risinger & RR Buildings
Dude if you're in a workshop with space use the water system. Out and about use the oil, no mess other than a rag that's why we have the oil. For framing, those chisels are silly overkill. Just like you stated we hit our chisels harder because we work fast and rough framing and jointing rough work. That's why they make modern chisels with resin handles. If you came on my site with that carvers mallet, you would get laughed right off. Most people don't need to look at the chisel when hitting it, not even my bolster and lump hammer.
I got my whetstones from aliexpress, cheap yet effective
Hi! do u recommend those ?
-carpenter from Norway
Yes I do. Pretty happy with the chisel set👍 I'll get back to you on the honing guide when I've had a bit more time with it
You can easily build you own honing guide, there is tons of videos about it on youtube.
Doesn't seem worth it when you can pick on up very similar to the Lee Valley one for £3-£4, admittedly not as flash as the Veritas one but at about a twentieth of the price it still functions fine. Rather spend my time making furniture at such a cheap price.
There’s also a tool to keep the sharpening stone flat as it wares
2:55 it is called grit you were correct go with your instincts
Can those tools open a beer bottles like the crazy framers tools on his site.nice chisels set.
Lol I'm sure they can
Apex that the term Scott. Practice your technique without that guide. 1 Find primary angle lock your wrists 10 seconds in figure 8. 2. Find secondary micro bevel. 10 seconds done. Backs don't change between sharpening.
If you soak the wet stone for 5-10 mins beforehand apparently it helps. Chef tip for sharpening knives will also work for chisels -www.wuesthof.com/international/knowledge/honing-und-sharpening/sharpening-stones/index.jsp
I wish i had a few nicer chisels, Mine do work but they are cheap and not straight. They keep an edge as well as butter and rust at the sight of moist wood.
This guy would really have an aha experience if he learned how to sharpen chisels and threw those German Kirch chisels far away - there is so much chrome in the steel it's like sharpening in soap. How can you seriously believe that you can get sharp chisel on a DMT plate of 600 grid
Don't got whetstones.
Bench grinder
400g diamom
1000g diamond
Metal polish on an mdf block
Been great for last 10years
Bin the honing guide they ruin sharpening stones you might want to get a 1000 grit diamond plate
Some say Scott has a sharper tongue 😉
Wrap leather around your brass mallet
and invest in some diamond stones and a strop
Hi paruru
Check out the channel I build it. He shows you how to make a chisel sharpening jig to keep the proper angle when you're sharpening them. Definitely a fun channel to check out. He makes everything out of wood
You shouldn’t have to use a stone every time you sharpen you should strop also
I just buy new set of chisels after each use. I am not carpenter I seldom use them and good electronic sharpener costs like 300€ and that buys me 30 sets of chisels and fuck that hand sharpening.
You have expensive taste grasshopper.
Yeah he must be single if he had a woman he wouldn't have all that spare money laying around to buy all the good shit
You fell victim to the Veritas hype🙁 😅