fiona_murphy•27d agoProlific Poster

I finally saw the difference that sharpening my chisels every hour makes

Was working on a set of dovetails for a jewelry box last Tuesday and decided to stop being lazy. I sharpened after every 60 minutes of cutting instead of just once at the start. The fit was so tight I barely needed any glue, first time that happened for me. Anybody else notice a huge jump in accuracy from frequent sharpening?

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reeseperez27d ago

Wait, you really notice that much of a difference sharpening every hour? I used to think once at the start was plenty but you might have just convinced me to try this lol.

emmawood26d ago

And that’s how you end up working until 2am because you can’t stop checking your work with calipers. I did something similar with my plane blades last month, sharpened every 45 minutes while flattening a workbench top. The surface ended up so smooth I just stood there running my hand over it for a solid minute like a weirdo.

mark_price27d ago

Night and day difference for me. Once you feel that constant crisp cut, there's no going back.