How To Sharpen Skew Chisels With A Jig

Keep your skew chisel razor-sharp and ready for turning.

How to sharpen skew chisels with a jig. Otherwise the jigs would not fit under the grinding wheels. The centre line of the support tubes need to be in line with the centre of the grinding wheels. After marking the mounting holes for the support tubes I drilled some 38 holes and hammered in some 516 T-nuts on the under side of the MDF base.

Ben takes take you step by step through the process of sharpening the skew chisel in the second part of this four part series that includes the gouge the t. How do you check they are flat and get them sharp. How to sharpen roughing gouges skews parting tools - Tormek SVS-50 Multi Jig - with Nick Agar.

I dont have a blade like that but I cut a piece of wood 40mm wide even wider than your requirements with a 50 degree angle. For me straight skew chisels are pretty easy to do independent of the angle they are grinded to. In addition to getting a better edge on your chisels you can also make a jig that will help you sharpen your plane iron jointer plane iron andor power shear.

Chisels come from the manufacturer needing preparing or initialising as well sharpening. Design and print out the plan of the jig that you need. The purpose of the chisel sharpening jig is to hold the chisel or woodworking tool at the desired angle while grinding or honing the bevel.

Begin modifying a standard skew on a belt sander. Please see detailed photos below. A sharp chisel will give you the best result when you are turning.

Paul shows you th. A WoodWorkers Guild of America WWGOA original video. The video shows the proper tools and techniques needed for sharpening both a standard and oval.