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Best way to flatten a chisel with a concave back?
So i'm really just beginning to get into hand tools; got my first set of chisels for christmas and i've only now begun to sharpen/hone them. Anyways, i received a set of Stanley chisels (this line...- Fred85
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- back chisel concave flatten warped
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Quandary & Conundrum: flatten back of a chisel
I'm an a mental (and somewhat physical) impasse, so I thought clearer minds and those not as close to the situation could tip the scale of a decision. I have a 2" wide 7" long blade timber framing chisel. Here is where I'm at...... It was bent, likely from being beaten upon. If I...- froglips
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- back chisel conundrum flatten quandary
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To flatten or not to flatten?
I need some advice from some of the card carrying smart guys here. Got my hands on an old Stanley 60 1/2 low angle block plane in really good shape. A couple of nicks on the sole but nothing serious. When I got it, I was tempted to whip out the granite slab and confirm that it was dead flat...- lottathought
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Flatten diamond stone?
I have one of those DMT duosharp corse/medium black/blue bench stones thingy's. I noticed that maybe a 1/2" at each corner is noticably courser than the rest of the stone. Anyone know if there some sort of initial honeing or flattening to be done on one of these? Jim- froglips
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- diamond flatten stone
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