Probably not "Gallery" Material, but . . .
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On one of the woodworking forums I frequent several of us handtool neanderthals decided to help out a young slightly mentally challenged member by providing him with some handtools which were "extras" in our shops. One of the items I sent him was a guide used for sharpening accurate bevels on chisels and plane irons (blades) and I also knocked together a shop made jig for repeatable angle settings with the jig. It is a simple jig, but he wanted a bit of a tutorial on using it, so I knocked out a quick Sketchup of the guide and the jig and exported "stills" of the process for the tutorial. While the guide is not pictured in great detail or even completely to scale (I was working from memory and didn't have it to refer to) I think it gets the point across. Anyway here are the stills I used in the tutorial and they saved at least a thousand words each.
Preparation for using the jig.
the beginning step.
Final position before snugging the blade holder down.
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Nice work and a great idea Jerry! If a picture can say 1,000 words, I think a 3D Model can say at least 3,000!
Cheers,
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Nice idea. As another mentally challenged person, I find these kinds of tricks very useful. In my bookbinding hobby I have a set of ready cut cardboard strips for the most often occurring measurements and cutting corner pieces from leather etc.
The Stanley gig has btw a gauge built in, but it wouldn't be as accurate as yours.
Anssi
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Extremely accurate bevel angles on chisels and plane irons is something of a recent "requirement" in handtool woodworking. I think it stems from a lot of folks migrating from totally machine woodworking backgrounds.
That old style Stanley does have that flip down "gauge" which is plenty accurate for me, but the gauge being made of plastic does not give promise of more than minimal longevity.
Those cut to length templates are a great idea, sort of like a story stick in woodworking. Quicker and more accurate than measuring each piece individually.
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hey Jerry, could you post the thread that you posted this in? I'd like to see what other suggestions you gave him.
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