I've had the Jool Tool for over a year. Did three pages on it but
apparently
never put them up on my WWing site. So now I have - and here's the url
http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/Sharpening/JoolTool/JoolTool1.html
I recently picked up a WorkSharp sharpening system - another impulse buy
- but haven't used it enough to be able to review it from a users
perspective.
I mention the WorkSharp because one of it's functions uses the Jool Tool
"see through, sharpen from underneath" idea. Will post the url here
when
it's all done and up.
charlie b
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:30:22 -0600, "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"charlieb" wrote
>
>> I recently picked up a WorkSharp sharpening system - another impulse buy
>> - but haven't used it enough to be able to review it from a users
>> perspective.
>> I mention the WorkSharp because one of it's functions uses the Jool Tool
>> "see through, sharpen from underneath" idea.
>
>I read the review/advertisement on the WorkSharp in Popular Woodworking and
>it looked like something I would find handy. I hate sanding/finishing, but
>dislike the mess and much of sharpening more, would almost rather buy a new
>chisel than sharpen one and have to force myself to do it.
>
>Let us know what you think ...and thanks for the effort.
You can buy a few chisels for the price of that sucker..
mac
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mac davis wrote:
> You can buy a few chisels for the price of that sucker..
Yup - but you still need to hone them - and eventually
they do get dull, assuming you use them. I've got three
sets of bench chisels - a mixed set of Buck and Olympics,
a set of Blue Marples and a set of Two Cherries. Also
have a set of Sorby (I think they're Sorby) butt chisels
(the short stubby chisels that are great for dovetails
- handles close to where you're cutting instead of a foot
away.
Turning has made me very aware of why you sharpen
when the tool gets dull - it's easier on me and the results
are better. You can beat a little harder or press a bit
harder - but at a cost. Being able to quickly and easily
restore and edge gets around the "I don't want to stop
now, get out the sharpening stuff and maybe a jig, and
get it all set up for sharpening - one chisel. If it's fast,
easy and produces good results I'm far more apt to stop
and sharpen rather than "lean into" the cutting tool to
get things done.
Sharpening is one of the many "basic fundamentals" (I
love that redundancy) woodworkers eventually get
around to learning to do - well. And like the others
woodworking gets a lot easier once you learn them.
It's really ironic how a real woodworking bench that is
made for you and your types of woodworking makes
so many tasks a whole lot quicker and easier. But to
make a bench you need a fair amount of those "basic
fundamentals". It would have been SO much easier
to make Das Bench if I already had Das Bench to build
it on.
charlie b
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:05:11 -0800, charlieb <[email protected]> wrote:
>mac davis wrote:
>
>> You can buy a few chisels for the price of that sucker..
>
> Yup - but you still need to hone them - and eventually
> they do get dull, assuming you use them. I've got three
> sets of bench chisels - a mixed set of Buck and Olympics,
> a set of Blue Marples and a set of Two Cherries. Also
> have a set of Sorby (I think they're Sorby) butt chisels
> (the short stubby chisels that are great for dovetails
> - handles close to where you're cutting instead of a foot
> away.
>
> Turning has made me very aware of why you sharpen
> when the tool gets dull - it's easier on me and the results
> are better. You can beat a little harder or press a bit
> harder - but at a cost. Being able to quickly and easily
> restore and edge gets around the "I don't want to stop
> now, get out the sharpening stuff and maybe a jig, and
> get it all set up for sharpening - one chisel. If it's fast,
> easy and produces good results I'm far more apt to stop
> and sharpen rather than "lean into" the cutting tool to
> get things done.
>
> Sharpening is one of the many "basic fundamentals" (I
> love that redundancy) woodworkers eventually get
> around to learning to do - well. And like the others
> woodworking gets a lot easier once you learn them.
>
> It's really ironic how a real woodworking bench that is
> made for you and your types of woodworking makes
> so many tasks a whole lot quicker and easier. But to
> make a bench you need a fair amount of those "basic
> fundamentals". It would have been SO much easier
> to make Das Bench if I already had Das Bench to build
> it on.
>
> charlie b
I'm cheap, Charlie...
Or, am I a cheap Charlie? wow.. flashback!
I bought this and love it...
http://www.packardwoodworks.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=sharp-trugrin
It doesn't hone, but I get an edge far better than ever before and it's
consistent to the last sharpening..
I hate having to get used to a "new" profile every 10 or 20 minutes.. ;-]
mac
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"charlieb" wrote
> I recently picked up a WorkSharp sharpening system - another impulse buy
> - but haven't used it enough to be able to review it from a users
> perspective.
> I mention the WorkSharp because one of it's functions uses the Jool Tool
> "see through, sharpen from underneath" idea.
I read the review/advertisement on the WorkSharp in Popular Woodworking and
it looked like something I would find handy. I hate sanding/finishing, but
dislike the mess and much of sharpening more, would almost rather buy a new
chisel than sharpen one and have to force myself to do it.
Let us know what you think ...and thanks for the effort.
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