Timeline for Sharpening stone identification
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| Jul 28, 2021 at 15:49 | comment | added | user5572 | Oh, yes. I have a set of everyday Footprint chisels I use for mortise work, and another set of more expensive paring chisels I try not to hit with a mallet. This is mostly about saving some oldtimey chisels from rusting away if I can find them. Any help I can get with making straight mortises... | |
| Jul 27, 2021 at 22:20 | answer | added | Graphus | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 27, 2021 at 21:09 | comment | added | Graphus | Of course at expected yard-sale prices if you see mortising chisels by all means get 'em :-) but they're thin on the ground unless you go to a big tool event. I expect you'll see firmer chisels more frequently and I do think it's advantageous to have a few of these for occasional tougher jobs (and I like their looks so I enjoy having them in the rack for that reason also) but many modern bevel-edgers are plenty strong enough. P.S. Car-boot sales are more equivalent to a flea market, we don't really have garage/yard sales here. | |
| Jul 27, 2021 at 20:57 | comment | added | Graphus | @jdv, while mortising chisels are really good at what they do as a total hand-tool guy I feel I should mention that you don't at all need them to do mortises (even big, deep ones like you might be needing for your workbench). In fact these days most mortises — if cut purely by chisel at all — are not done using mortising chisels! It's common to drill out the bulk of the waste, then pare the sides, or of course just use a router (esp jigged) and then maybe square the corners. But rounding the tenons is considered an easier option by many... and may actually produce a stronger result [contd] | |
| Jul 27, 2021 at 14:16 | comment | added | user5572 | @Graphus now that world is in less of an immediate disaster (slow moving disasters notwithstanding) I'm hoping to go looking for garage/yard sales (car boot sales in the UK?) and pick up some vintage tools. I still need some mortising chisels because I'm trying (trying!) to do more trad woodwork and joinery. I'm starting with a simple box to remember how to actually work with wood. The mortising tools are for a proper workbench I'm dreaming about. | |
| Jul 27, 2021 at 14:14 | comment | added | user5572 | @Graphus I do have my own collection of "vintage" stones that I dutifully cleaned with light oil, but this one is not me. I just re-edited it for a bit of clarity when I saw the review come up. The person who made the original edit added the pic I think. Which I thought strange, but whatever. | |
| Jul 27, 2021 at 9:07 | comment | added | Graphus | @jdv, BTW chisel looks like it could be an E. A. Berg or another Swedish brand :-) | |
| Jul 27, 2021 at 9:05 | comment | added | Graphus | Your stone @jdv? Well it's at least arbitrarily an oilstone since: the box. And it has a characteristic look of old oily stones. You'd need to clean it to get any chance of an actual ID, but as mentioned previously trying it and seeing the scratch pattern tells you the important thing (unless you're looking to sell on of course). Surface doesn't look terribly flat (this one at least, the underside could be flatter) and lapping it will clean it if you don't want to go through the whole process. If you are willing to clean it and post updated pics then I think this is deffo worthy of its own Q. | |
| S Jul 26, 2021 at 23:13 | history | edited | user5572 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
I had same question about my own stone. OP didn't upload a photo, so I will
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| S Jul 26, 2021 at 23:13 | history | suggested | falsePockets | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
I had same question about my own stone. OP didn't upload a photo, so I will
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| Jul 22, 2021 at 22:59 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Dec 28, 2020 at 10:48 | comment | added | Graphus | You can edit a Question at will Rich, so you can add the picture at any time. Please try again. And multiple pics would be desirable here BTW, to show one or both ends and definitely both faces if they don't look the same. | |
| Dec 26, 2020 at 17:18 | answer | added | aghast | timeline score: 3 | |
| Dec 26, 2020 at 16:12 | comment | added | Rich | Looks like the picture did not load, my apologies. Thanks for the advice though, very helpful. | |
| Dec 25, 2020 at 13:56 | comment | added | Graphus | BTW I don't recall how firmly this was stated before, and in case you don't read it elsewhere either, but the distinction 'waterstone' v 'oilstone' can be largely arbitrary. What this means is that for a large number of stones you can feel free to use water or oil as you prefer. Given the stone was your grandfather's there's every chance this will apply to it, even if the stone was specifically made to work with an oil. Commercial oilstones like Nortons and numerous others can be used with a watery liquid (e.g. screen wash/soapy water) and some users much prefer how they work this way. | |
| Dec 25, 2020 at 13:47 | comment | added | Graphus | Hi, welcome to StackExchange and merry Christmas. We have a couple of previous Q&As here that'll help with generic advice, including the difficulties of IDing a stone from photos, but mainly there are various tips on how to put a stone back into service — see the Related in the right column on this page to get you started. Use the search too if you want to be sure to find all there is here, but do be aware there is a veritable mountail of info to be found on this subject elsewhere online so this is really only scratching the surface. | |
| Dec 25, 2020 at 0:38 | comment | added | FreeMan | It would help significantly if you at least added a picture! | |
| Dec 24, 2020 at 22:01 | review | First posts | |||
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| Dec 24, 2020 at 21:58 | history | asked | Rich | CC BY-SA 4.0 |