Mortiser Question

On Tue, 25 May 2004 10:15:31 GMT, "Frank McVey"
<[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:

>Gently, with a small file, taking care to preserve the original angles. The
>metal is relatively soft.
>
>"Mike S." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I previously posted getting the Shop Fox mortiser at a auction yesterday.
>> One question, it came with a 3/4 bit mounted in it. The chisel and bit are
>> dull and I was going to order the sharpening stones from Lee Valley for
>the
>> chisel but how do you go about sharpening the auger bit.

As Frank said, carefully. While you're at Lee Valley, pick up
one of their auger bit files. They're specially made for that
use and have teeth only on the correct sides for each task.
One side has teeth on the flats and none on the edges, one has
teeth on the edges but not the flats. This helps you from filing
off portions of the root or the spurs. I think they're $8.50USD.


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Gently, with a small file, taking care to preserve the original angles. The
metal is relatively soft.


Cheers

Frank


"Mike S." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I previously posted getting the Shop Fox mortiser at a auction yesterday.
> One question, it came with a 3/4 bit mounted in it. The chisel and bit are
> dull and I was going to order the sharpening stones from Lee Valley for
the
> chisel but how do you go about sharpening the auger bit.
> Thanks
> --
> Mike S.
> [email protected]
> http://members.tripod.com/n0yii/woodworking.htm
>
>


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