a few chopping boards

[muttley9050]

Hi Alec, Ive got a dw733 too, and your right there great, brought mine factory reconditioned and it was a bargain. made a simple jig so i can sharpen my blades my self, as i was never happy with the quality of sharpening at my local shop, and the amount of material they removed. Jig is easy to make and i get my blades super sharp now. Only send them off for grinding if i take a big lump out of them. Not sure how the jig would work on 24" blades but i guess if your wet and dry was long enough its possible. Let me now if your interested and ill send you a video link. Clive, do you choose to cut your boards out on a bandsaw or router with template. Thanks

James

[agg221]

Hi James,

 

Video link would be good.

 

I'm happy with the quality of sharpening from my local shop, but there was one point where I was running full thickness elm boards through all day and the knives were needing sharpening on a daily basis! Elm is really hard on them. It would be useful, and quicker, to do it myself then.

 

Alec

[muttley9050]

Heres the link. The guys a bit more safety conscious than me, but good at what he does. I set my table saw at 42degrees for the cuts and it works well.Then i buy good quality wet and dry in rolls and stick it in strips to some plate glass i use 6 grades upto 600grit and those blades come out super sharp. I now keep my blades sharper than when i had to send off.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIBKp9_hWLo]Planer knife honing jig - YouTube[/ame]

Cheers

James

[Ian Flatters]

very good delebodge.

[Woodworks]

Good idea for the honing jig there muttley

 

I have been lightly honing my knifes in the planer block with a diamond stone but that jig looks good for taking a bit more metal off in a controlled way.

[delabodge]

thanks Ian, and james I use the bandsaw as quicker, and whilst not probably as accurate as the router,,the finnish is good enough for my rustic boards, i use the router to put grooves in my meat boards,,,,for the juices

[Treemoose]

Had a go at a chopping board today with some cherry

No way the quality of delabodges but I thought it wastnt bad for a first attempt. I just used a jigsaw to cut out th shape and some sanding bit of oil job done.

Thanks for the inspiration delabododge.

[Treemoose]

Other angle

[nick1854]

For doing the job by hand, one tool I would recommend looking out for is a scrub plane. It's purely manual, but like side axes or adzes, it's one of those hand tools which actually does a better, faster job than any power tool I've come across. You can either leave the surface it creates 'as is' or quickly dress it off with a jointer plane (hand or electric) before sanding.

 

Alec

 

Another vote for the scrub plane here. Mine is a car-boot stanley No.4 that I have converted by grinding the blade to a shallow curve. With a sharp blade you can finish wide boards easily, and the finish from the plane is attractive. Going across the grain you get a scalloped effect.

[delabodge]

nick, my robinson planer,,is the business and saves me endless hours,,if I was making a few I MIGHT agree,,,but as they come off the machine flat and pretty clean with little sanding,,then,,jobs a good en,,,,,

Treemoose,,,looks spot on to me,,,,just as good as mine,,,well done,,,