How To Sharpen Small Wood Carving Tools
Stones are just like those bricks that youll see Japanese knives sharpened on and are the easiest and most affordable way to sharpen your tools.
How to sharpen small wood carving tools. Sharpening the Wood Carving Tool Step 1. As weather you were exasperating to slice off a pretty thin cover of the stone. The general advice is to stroke the blade over the sharpening tool surface stone strop many times in the direction towards the cutting edge.
Sharpen a carving chisel the same way as you sharpen a knife. Be mindful of the bevel which is the cutting edge of the tool. If steel is sharpened with the cutting edge trailing the abrasives drag out the burr of the cutting edge.
The sharpening process begins with the bent edge and the grindstone. The edge angle is smaller on these tools and the steel is thinner. For more information on my work or to book classes please visit wwwadamswoodcarvingcouk.
Chisels have bevels on both sides at a 20-degree angle. You end up with a long floppy burr that leaves a thick edge when the burr is honed off. Sharpening Wood Carving Tools How to Sharpen wood carving gouges and V-tools.
In this video I demonstrate how to sharpen your wood carving tools. Use a flexible lamp and position it close to the machine. Hold the hone flat against the bevel as you file back and forth along the tool.
After that you should push the tool away from you. Carving gouges and V-tools have wings. Grinding or honing into the edge produces a crisp profile with only a tiny burr curled to the inside.
