Sharpening Woodworking Tools, How to Achieve the Sharpest Cutting Edges with Traditional Techniques, by Rudolf Dick

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Sharpening Woodworking Tools,
How to Achieve the Sharpest Cutting Edges with Traditional Techniques,
by Rudolf Dick

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There is much discussion among artisans when it comes to improving the cutting behavior of tools quickly and permanently, but the debate is settled here, where expert engineers and master craftsmen prove teh benefits of sharpening blades and tools using methods based on time-tested Japanses water stone grinding techniques. Leatn through detailed intructions how to get perfect edges on your chisels, planes, axes an hatchets, woodcarving and woodturning tools, drill bits, and handsaws in a tool-conserving and the best sense of the wood--sustainable way, using stones, files and specially designed machines. Manual sharpening has the added advantange that only as much material as absolutely necessary is take off the steel. Founded on a scientific understanding of the steel types and sharpening mean and filled with valuable tips, this guide is a standard setting volume and the ideal companion on the path to acquireing sharper and better edges on all your hand tools. Hard cover, 220 pages, full color, 7-1/4 x 10-1/4" format.

The Table of Contents includes the following:

About the Author
Credits
Preface
Basics

Sharpness -- Definition and Influential Factors
The Ten Rules of Sharpening

Bevel Edged and Mortise Chisels

Western Bevel-Edged and Mortise Chisels
Japanese Bevel-Edged Chisels

Planes

Western Planes
Japanese Planes
Spokeshaves and Drawing Knives
Card Scrapers

Scribing, Veneer, and Carving Knives

Chisel Grind
Grind on Both Sides

Axes and Hatchets

Cutting Edge Geometry
Curved Cutting Edge Line
Straight Cutting Edge Line
Repairing Cutting Edge Nicks

Woodcarving Tools

General Tips/Reccomentations
Straight Chisels with Double Bevel
Gouges
V-tooks (V-Gouges)

Woodturning Tools

Steel Types
General Tips/Reccomentations
Spindle Gouges
Skew Chisels
Parting Tools
Scrapers and Hollowing Tools

Drill Bits

Basic Facts
Spade Drill Bits
Auger Bits
Lip and Spur (Brade Point) Drill Bits
Forstner Bits
Universal Twist Drill Bits

Hand Saws

Western Saws
Japanese Saws

Sharpening Means

Sharpening Stones
Diamond Sharpening Means
Other Sharpening Means and Equipment

Steel Science

Basics
Steel Types
Heat Treatment
Hardness of Steel
Deformation and Fracture
What Happens During Sharpening?
What Happens During Stropping?

Index
Glossery
List of Sources

ISBN: 978-0-7643-5349-9

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