Haven’t seen discussion on this yet, so here goes…
I finally had the opportunity to get out my chisel adapter the other day and sharpened up my collection of six wood chisels. A couple of observations:
No information or instructions included with the adapter.
The unit has a very nice plastic edge stop which always put you right at the same position every time. Well thought-out.
In this fixed position, each of my chisels, which I sharpened at 35 degrees, required that my stones actually be used past vertical. In other words, when set up on the left side, the left rod leaned to the left.
Wood chisels frequently suffer some pretty bad dings and/or chips. I think you still will need another grinding machine (like a bench grinder) to do the rough work. Even my 100/200 stones were hopeless in removing nicks.
I think I will add a couple of stops to the adapter’s vise jaws to prevent the stone from slipping off the edge to either side.
Unlike knives, chisel edges are supposed to be square and straight. With wide blades, it’s easy to end up with a wavy edge and botched corners.
I have a good putty knife which I sharpen as a chisel. I use it for slicing off labels and dried glue. The adapter is designed for thicker blades and thin blades, when set at the adapter’s stop position, fall behind the higher face of the adapter’s jaws. The easy fix is to just ignore the stop and move the blade lower. Just gotta remember where to put it next time.
Bottom line: really sharp chisels. I had to put masking tape over the edges to prevent biological leaks.
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