How To Sharpen Skew Chisels With A Jig

This video demonstrates how to properly sharpen a skew chisel.

How to sharpen skew chisels with a jig. Keep your skew chisel razor-sharp and ready for turning. WOODs turning expert Brian Simmons shows you how to shape grind and hone your skew chisel. The purpose of the chisel sharpening jig is to hold the chisel or woodworking tool at the desired angle while grinding or honing the bevel.

The centre line of the support tubes need to be in line with the centre of the grinding wheels. The video shows the proper tools and techniques needed for sharpening both a standard and oval. After marking the mounting holes for the support tubes I drilled some 38 holes and hammered in some 516 T-nuts on the under side of the MDF base.

Chisels come from the manufacturer needing preparing or initialising as well sharpening. Design and print out the plan of the jig that you need. Chamfer the sharp edges of the long point side.

Paul shows you th. Ad Find Deals on Products in Power Tools on Amazon. Ben takes take you step by step through the process of sharpening the skew chisel in the second part of this four part series that includes the gouge the t.

In this free woodworking project video George Vondriska provides tips for sharpening a skew chisel with a diamond stone. Otherwise the jigs would not fit under the grinding wheels. 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.

Completely round the short point side up to the ferrule. Grind the tools profile on a 36- or 46-grit wheel see The Modified Profile above and Photo 2. This bevel is subsequently refined by honing until a satisfactorily sharp edge is created.