ETUDE: Tools

Edge Tools Overview:

Edge Tools - Knives

Edge Tools: Tool Sharpening

Tool Sharpening Teaser 1

Tool Sharpening Teaser 2

Tool Sharpening Teaser 3

Edge Tools: Planes and Tuning a Little Plane

An Introduction to Planes

1: Making a Sandpaper Guide

2: Shaping the Sole

3: Getting a Handle On It

Edge Tools: A Humble Spokeshave Becomes a Magic Wand

1: Introduction

2: Truing Surfaces

3: Overview & Plans

4: The Brass Insert

5: Assembly

6: Rounding the Sole

7: Conclusion

Edge Tools: Sharpening Review

1. Sharpening Your Sharpening Vocabulary

2. Grinding

3. The Flat Sharpening Stone

4. Stropping with Buddy

Tool Geometry

Tool Geometry 1

Tool Geometry 2

Scraper Sharpening

Scraper Sharpening: Chapter 1

Scraper Sharpening: Chapter 2

Sharpening: Chapter 3

The Seriously Improved Gouge

These videos show how Ken takes a commercial gouge and seriously modifies it to become ideal for plate carving. The blade sides are rounded to fit the hand, the bevel is made concave and very sharp, and a new longer handle is turned on the lathe facilitating finer control of the gouge. Finally the blade and handle are joined.