sharpening joys…
I decided today was a clean up day. After finally getting the tools out of the house and back into the garage I figured I should spend some time sharpening up my tools. I have a new router plane I grabbed off ebay and I have another pair of planes on the way. Hopefully they show up soon. I started out cleaning/sharpening my block plane which has a horrible iron on it. Then the larger plane. The #80 cabinet scraper, which I’m not sure I sharped right, and then I started to get into the chisels. I have a ton of work to do on them since I have a trash set that are nicked all over.
What’s horrible now is I want to play with the sharp new tools, but I don’t have a bench setup to hold things down right. I tried to stick a block of walnut in my cheap vise I have on my sawhorse-door, but it vibrated whenever the plane started into the wood. I’m not sure if it’s the plane or the vise’s fault, but either way…it’s not going to work for much right now. After the bench presentation last month, looks like it might be time to start working on plans for what I need.