Workshop Heaven Sharpening Chisels - Practice

Matthew Platt from Workshop Heaven (http://www.workshopheaven.com) demonstrates the benefits of concave chisel backs by sharpening and honing a Narex 8116 Cabinetmakers chisel using the scary sharpening method.

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• how-to
• howto
• instruction
• Workshop
• Heaven
• fine
• tools
• Narex
• 8116
• chisels
• cabinetmakers
• chisel
• scary
• sharpening
• sharpen

[Workshopheaven]

Thanks for your message, it can be a tricky thing to get your head around when you first start out . I have been through the whole numb fingers thing myself so I really do feel for you. If you have any problems or questions just give us a call on 01295 780003 or leave a contact message on the website and we will be happy to help.

[Workshopheaven]

Thanks for your comment. With the greatest of respect I'd sack you too if you took this long to sharpen a chisel. This is the full process for preparing a brand new chisel for work, once prepared it should only take two or three strokes on each grade to hone an edge. Some people could be put off by the £400+ price tag for good quality diamond stones the same range of grit sizes when they can achieve the same result for less than a tenth of that by using lapping film.

[spindlekerf]

I like this method. I've messed around with a lot of other sharpening methods and find this cheap, reliable and effective. The only thing I do differntly is to cut the lapping film into narrower strips approx 70mm wide so I get a larger number of usuable strips from each sheet!

A good method!

[jcowan1985]

Thanks for this video. One quickly learns that the ability to sharpen tools is the essential skill for the woodworker. I've been having a bit of trouble with this to be honest so I'm going to try and have a go with your method. Nothing spoils a job like dull tools. Thanks again.

[milamili007]

Thanks very much for this (and the previous) video!  I've had a hard time preparing my chisels, and this is very helpful. Hope you make other videos like these.

[d4dangerou5]

I'm sorry but for me this is bad method.. Far too time consuming, I'd get sacked for taking that long to sharpen a chisel...! I've been a cabinet maker for 16 years and have never seen a chisel sharpened like that before with no visible advantage over the traditional method. Dump that lapping film and use proper diamond stones so you can get to all 4 edges of the stone... Sorry Fail.