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A Woodworker's Guide to Tool Steel and Heat Treating

From the Sign of the Three Planes

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The Joys of Arkansas

So over the next couple years, I accumulated a number of stones. I tended to stick to the name brands, Pike and Norton, both because of their reputation for high quality, and the ability to approximate the stone's age. I obtained old catalogs for both firms and learned the difference between old and older Nortons. (Of course, all Pike's are old, since the firm sold out 70 years ago). The following is a purely subjective description of my findings:

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Using a Dressing Tool on a Grinding Wheel

Galoot Jim Thompson provides this tutorial on using carborundum blocks and "star-wheel" dressing tools to true and clean a grinding wheel.

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Getting an Edge with Oilstones, Waterstones and Sandpaper

Fine Woodworking overview of three of the most popular methods of sharpening.

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Make a Sharpening Jig

From a woodturning site - about making a jig for grinding non-square edges, such as gouges and many turning tools. Might for work heavily cambered plane blades, as well. Remember, we do not sharpen because a tool is dull, we sharpen because it is not sharp enough.

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The Scary Sharp Honing Method

A good, thorough description of this inexpensive method for sharpening chisels and plane blades.

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