Bedan Practice #2

[TheWood2saw]

Well done

[TheDylan408]

you should make a video on vintage throw tops!! that would be awsome!=]

[StuInTokyo]

Hi Bob, sorry for being so late to reply.

I asked Jean Francois Escoulen the same question, and he told me not to worry about it, the Bedan is a tool that does not nee a lot of sharpening, and when you do sharpen it, you use the hone most of the time, so if you do not remove a lot of material each time you hone the bedan, then it will last for many many years..... cont

[StuInTokyo]

@StuInTokyo .....cont.....

When you do finally reach the rounded off corners, then buy a new bedan, but don't toss the old one, just regrind it into a square scraper or a large parting tool.

I hope this helps.

Cheers!

[bobham5]

I was tempted to grind off the corners of the shaft but I was concerned about what would happen when I eventually ground the tool back that far. Have you reached that stage yet?

Thanks

Bob

[bobham5]

Hi, Stu:

I see that you have relieved the bottom corners of the shaft of the tool to allow it to slide and roll better on the tool rest. What happens when you have sharpened it enough time that you get back to that area with the cutting edge? Won't that mean you will lose the corners of the cutting edge? I just tried a bedan for the first time today and found the sharp corners of the shaft really dragged and bit in to the tool rest when I tried to roll and traverse. (continued)

[Paxter10]

Well done, very impressive

[StuInTokyo]

Sorry, but the Bedan is, as far as I know, NOT used on end-grain, it is a spindle turning tool.

Cheers!

[laetitiakastar]

Thanks for sharing! Do you have a video about using the bedan on endgrain?