How To Sharpen an Axe

[livingston]

 

[livingston]

 

[masterswimmer]

Nice tutorials @livingston

Here's an outstanding tutorial on making a razor sharp axe edge also.

 

[CaseHardened]

I spy a Single-Cut File with a Handle.

Tech Tip: Files ain't sandpaper (neither are saws).

Sandpaper and Whetstones cut in any direction.

Files and Saws cut in ONE DIRECTION ONLY. Lift while retracting either.

Woe be to the fool using a File improperly in my Shop Class at Wentworth University in Boston (I attended one of the very last ones, sadly).

 

[SonOfSun]

I spy a Single-Cut File with a Handle.

Tech Tip: Files ain't sandpaper (neither are saws).

Sandpaper and Whetstones cut in any direction.

Files and Saws cut in ONE DIRECTION ONLY. Lift while retracting either.

Woe be to the fool using a File improperly in my Shop Class at Wentworth University in Boston (I attended one of the very last ones, sadly).

I thought saws and files being one directional was common knowledge. Not sure whether to laugh or cry.

 

[Vantrepes]

Ah, but when using a saw, you drag it back and forth without lifting it from the work with no real problem. A file should be lifted away from the surface on the back stroke to prevent loading.

 

[CaseHardened]

I thought saws and files being one directional was common knowledge. Not sure whether to laugh or cry.

Cry.

 

[CaseHardened]

Ah, but when using a saw, you drag it back and forth without lifting it from the work with no real problem. A file should be lifted away from the surface on the back stroke to prevent loading.

Not here to argue.

We also learned, when using a Hand Plane, to always rest it on its side when not in use.

This prevented damage to your workbench, and unnecessary dulling of the blade.

 

[masterswimmer]

We also learned, when using a Hand Plane, to always rest it on its side when not in use.

This prevented damage to your workbench, and unnecessary dulling of the blade.

Just curious, what other way would someone lay down a plane? I can't think of any other options.

 

[Vantrepes]

Just curious, what other way would someone lay down a plane? I can't think of any other options.

Some people have the bad habit of setting a plane down blade down, same orientation as when they were using it. Same goes for engravers, always protect the sharp edge.

 

[Vantrepes]

Not here to argue.

Am I wrong about the saw use? I have done a lot of metal work in my life, but my use of saws on wood have been, well, limited to hack and fix jobs.
99% of my metal work was jewelry (10 years as a bench monkey), and between the high tooth count of the blades, the flex in the saw frames, and the nature of the work, trying to remove contact from the saw blade and the metal on every up stroke would have broken a lot of blades.
ETA: Not trying to argue either, just want to know if I have been doing it wrong out of habit.

 

[masterswimmer]

We also learned, when using a Hand Plane, to always rest it on its side when not in use.

Just curious, what other way would someone lay down a plane? I can't think of any other options.

Some people have the bad habit of setting a plane down blade down, same orientation as when they were using it. Same goes for engravers, always protect the sharp edge.

Yeeeaaah, my response was tongue in cheek. Laying a hand plane down on its side is just soooo common sense that doing it any other way would be like dragging fingernails on a chalkboard irritating.

 

[Vantrepes]

Yeeeaaah, my response was tongue in cheek. Laying a hand plane down on its side is just soooo common sense that doing it any other way would be like dragging fingernails on a chalkboard irritating.

Sorry, my mistake.