I’m still getting into the swing of sharpening chisels and plane irons. Woodworking is a science, sharpening is an art, a dark and arcane one.
I need to do the same… have everything just haven’t got to it. Paul Sellars makes it look so easy.
I just now built a rabbet* plane based on a video of his, like this afternoon. He does indeed make it look easy but I got it done, and it works. Not convinced it works better and/or faster than the rabbeting bit in my palm router, but it’s quieter and probably a little safer.
*He called it a ‘rebate’ plane rather than a ‘rabbet’ plane. I’m convinced that the term was coined back before spelling was invented and was pronounced something like “ruhBETTE”, and then carpenters in America spelled it “rabbet” and British carpenters spelled it “rebate” and then they wrote those spellings in textbooks which others read, which is why Americans pronounce it “bunny” and the British pronounce it “discount.”
Nice work. That’s an interesting take on it. I’ve been looking for books about tools that are not guides or tutorials but more stories or histories and one that has a few tid bits you might enjoy is “Tools of the Trade” by Jeff Taylor if you haven’t read it.
I’ll take a look at it.
Nice! I’m still too impatient with my sharpening, so it is sloppy and short lived.
Impatience is why I use diamond plates. Who has time do deal with water or oilstones?
I have one, too! Eventually I got a holder for it, instead of trying to use it flat on the bench. Yeah, that was dumb to use it alone.
I just got an angle guide block. I think that helped me today. I think I was “eyeballing it” too shallow.
