How To Sharpen A Chisel Timber Frame Off-grid Homestead Project

[Davewakeham]

Our woodwork teacher at school drummed this into our heads many times.

[TheKrikkitWars]

Given that you're talking about sharpening traditional tooling there's a certain irony here; but I learned to sharpen blades this way whilst working in a CNC planing mill...

Every so often a slight difference in timber density or just sheer throughput would leave imperfections in the blades, so you power down the machine, lift the offending block out and re-fine each of it's 8-16 "knives" by hand just like this.

Seems, when it comes to sharpening unwieldy objects, not much has changed in years

[Tenacious21]

On the theory of being in a TEOTWAWKI or WROL situation, have you researched a method for milling lumber from you fallen trees without chain saws or hydraulic tools?

[fvottoh]

The axe looked just like a granfors bruks hand made axe.

[gervaseevans]

Have you seen the Sharp Edge tool Sharpener from chiselsharpener.co.uk. I thought you might be interested in how it works as it will do framing chisels down to a 3mm chisel.

[BrandonHGill]

I just had to watch a commercial before watching. Do you see any royalties for having your video commercialized?

[uscorg]

I really appreciate the videos on the old tools and care of them. New tools are easy to find people that know how to use and maintain them since they are in current use. The old stuff is what is hard to find.

[jhawkdude]

Someone tell me there are cats in the background of this video. I paused it and searched the house for the noise.

[Plink536]

Hello there cody, love your videos, kinda a weird question for this type of video, but im wondering what kind of watch that you are wearing haha. thankx buddy

[wranglerstar]

@Plink536 thats ok the watch is made by marathon in Canada

[CampfireTalk]

I have always sharpened the back side of the steel first then the bevel side. I was taught that it squared up the cutting edge then you remove just enough to sharpen on the bevel. I'm not sure if it really matters that much, but that's how I do mine.

[wranglerstar]

@CampfireTalk I'm not sure if it matters but you could be right

[USNERDOC]

Noce job Cody!

[rooftopeagle]

@MrDowneast thanks!

[rooftopeagle]

@MrDowneast Thanks! I'll try to get my hands on some of that mystery oil!

[PappyJenkins1]

This is great stuff. Thank you.

[jkmcdani]

Can you make a video about sharpening a primitive saw? Thanks!

[machinegunmana]

fantastic tutorial, very informative - thank you!

[iMatt65]

Another great video. Using diesel for sharpening. Great idea, I will be trying this in the future.

[EasternGateGuardian]

kerosene or diesel on the stones?

[MrPVaSoldier]

You should have your own tv show for this project. Your the man, love the vids

[wranglerstar]

@MrPVaSoldier thanks for the support. If they gave me a show I would have 2 viewers you and my mom LOL

[leadpersuasion]

Thanks for the great info, Cody. Hope all is well and God Bless.

[rooftopeagle]

Love the video Cody!

I'd love it if you have time to show how you'd bring back to life old rusty hand tools! I got a big bin full of my Grandfather's tools from my dad in a barter trade.

Most of them have some kind of gear or mechanism and that is what I'm not sure how to restore. I can re-handle the hammers, hatchets & axes but how to clean out the gears of the old egg beater type hand drill and hand operated grinding wheel is tough for someone who isn't very mechanically capable, yet :-)

[wranglerstar]

@rooftopeagle yes you can take them to a shop and have them glass beaded

[Meathead36]

very useful info. TY

[wranglerstar]

You miss the point. We should learn now so if needed we have the ability. Your point is flawed. It's like saying to a new pilot if your going to fly we wast time on a sesna why not start with a 747?

[bigfig1900]

It's nice that you enjoy using old tools. But why not go all the way? In a WROL situation, your not going to be able to maintain all that expensive heavy equipment, that by the way, most folks could not afford anyway. It just seems kind of hypocritical that your harvesting those $100 logs with $40,000 worth of heavy equipment, and then bringing them into a nice modern industrial building, and then talking about learning to do things the old fashioned way.

[40calfreak]

Cody, my Grandfather did it this way and respects you. This man is old school/old guard. He ran fence( real cowboy for three years). Has been a welder/carpenter /horseman all his life. If you stand his test then you stand mine. We have really enjoyed your vids. Thanks!

[rickedwards55]

One of the reasons I watch your channel Cody is one of the remarks you made at the beginning of the video. You go to the experts, the people who use the equipment. You are a smart man to know what you do not know. I knew I had matured some more when I came to know the same thing.

[TNPviewer]

Awesome 

[BigOStyle1]

Thanks for the lesson!

[mysciencenow]

i will try to purchase one of those...thanks for the lesson...good teachin

[zachschevelle]

Looks like a really fun build! How long until you think it will be finished?

[URBANAMERICANTAC]

excellent video. thanks for sharing.

[lonelymale86]

Awsome video cody, keep up the great work and God Bless, hey did you ever think of useing the old style wooden plugs that they use to use to connect the wood together instead of nails i cant think of the name of it ,

[MrVegaslive]

I'm pretty sure that's a Norton round stone.

[kiddstuff1]

Awesome thanks This is really good info. It would seem that many of us have failed to pick this info up from those who proceeded us.

[TheBeeperman]

Excellent. Many new ideas here for me. I'm sure they will be useful. Thanks.

[captaintlc]

I didn't see the link for the stone, is there one? Thanks for the video, very informative.

[rover721]

Thanks for the video Cody. I recently subscribed to the project and plan to build the same timber frame cabin on my farm. Can you provide the information where to get the larger round sharpening stone? Thanks.

[wranglerstar]

@rover721 I found a them at

sharpeningsupplies

[jrmym2]

@22justus2 Cody has a video up for that as well.