Sharpening my Woodworking Hand Tools

[@AdrianPreda]

Before starting the desk build, I sharpened almost all of my tools to have then nice and shine for the project, and decided to film the process also, since many of you asked me about it. Hope you'll find the video useful, and if any questions you will have please comment below, I will answer them.

[@SzonSer]

Hi, for the low angle plane blade why have a secondary bevel? Thanks

[@rajaneeshg5899]

Thanks for the video

[@mosesmoke3452]

Love your work! What do you to to protect from rusting?

[@BrickWiggles]

You’ve definitely put miles on your stones. Your 1000 grit is noticeably thinner compared to my 6 month old. Great work!

[@melindajohnson3394]

Learning new techniques, pleasant jazz, and a nice cup of coffee. What an awesome way to start a Sunday morning.

[@AdrianPreda]

Thank you, Melinda! Have a nice Sunday!

[@mandyleeson1]

Thank you for this. Lovely to see your precision in sharpening and in music/video editing! 🙏🏻

[@AdrianPreda]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!

[@eddiestipe2009]

I found this video to be very informational. I have been doing woodworking for over 30 years and I learned something new in your video. Please keep them coming and thank you for sharing.

[@AdrianPreda]

Great to hear that! Thank you very much!

[@diminished2nd]

What new thing did you learn? I love hearing about people's learning experiences!

[@thecrazyisreal]

solid transition between pink and green stones. impressive editing.

[@jonathanlabadia2196]

Fan of your works and video style! Great craftsmanship 👍🏼 Thanks for sharing and greetings from Vienna!

[@marcoveneziano7364]

Great video! Both instructional and entertaining, as usual. Thank you, Adrian

[@AdrianPreda]

Glad you enjoyed it, Marco! Thanks!

[@robertbrunston5406]

Thank you for sharing Adrian.

[@HipocratesAG]

Man this has to be the coolest sharping video E V E R !!!... love the music BTW... I think I'm going to listening some Bill Evans while sharpening from now on. :D

[@tomsbastelkanal5468]

Hello Adrian, fantastic work.

[@TheWoodYogi]

I've just spent time going through most of my tools and sharpening them 😊 It's so nice to see the appreciation and care you have for your tools 😊 ॐ

[@robertbrunston5406]

I sharpen my tool much the same way! Thank you for sharing.

[@VORONM]

Very neat! I don't like sharpening, but I have to do it.

[@AdrianPreda]

True :)

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic work, Adrian! 😃 Thanks for all the tips!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@AdrianPreda]

Thanks! All the best to you as well!

[@brasildiegopro]

You have really nice tools

[@bbqwithrandy]

WOW that’s sharp!

[@scottdesignworks]

very helpful. thanks.

[@gunterschone8402]

Nice video. I also have the Veritas grinding device, I also use it for my chisels. As sharpening stones I have diamond sharpening stones for the planing knives. For my Japanese chisels, I have Japanese water stones from King. I also sharpen the western chisels on the diamond sharpening stones. I also sharpen the knife from my Japanese planer on the Japanese water stones freehand. Well I could also clamp it on the Vertias device because I have a holder for short irons.

[@AdrianPreda]

Thanks Gunter! I wanted to get the short blade attach for the Veritas guide, but eventually used the cheap guide. I see that they came out with a miniature honing guide for the mini tools, I wanna get that one :)

[@gunterschone8402]

Hello Adrain, Thanks for the answer. I also bought a barrel roll for the Veritas grinding guide. This is for the western planer knives, so that you can "round off" the corners to avoid getting any planing marks. 😉

[@mihaitheodor4309]

Multumim , Adrian , foarte interesant.

[@AdrianPreda]

Multumesc si eu pt vizionare!

[@usaf4dbt]

Thank you!

[@oliverdelica2289]

Love your music!

[@Ashe_Fenrir]

Interesting- my roller also wore out and I ended up moving to hand sharpening at that point. Great video! Tiny tools sharpening next of course?

[@Ashe_Fenrir]

Just noticed the tiny chisel was in the unusual blades pile. I take it back!

[@AdrianPreda]

Yes, I partially blame the roller, but also just when I got it new it seemed to skew the blade. It is possible that the blade as new was sharpened skew then I straighten it, then the roller wore and so on :) I see that Veritas made a new miniature honing guide, I will take that one day too :))

[@jamespeelecarey]

@@AdrianPreda I just discovered your lovely channel! Your work is beautiful. Do you clean the roller on the jig between stones? Is that necessary? I use only diamond and Arkansas stones and know little about waterstones.

[@floofynuggets]

Adrian just wanted to stop by and wish you well. I'm always looking forward to a new video from you and I hope that you're taking care of yourself during the weirdness of 2020.

[@AdrianPreda]

Thank you, Rowan! All ok, been busy setting up my new workspace. New video will come soon, in a week or two! Wish you also all the best and stay safe

[@floofynuggets]

@@AdrianPreda right on! Thanks Adrian :)

[@athmostafa2462]

O , I have been waiting this video a long time 🤔👌 .

[@Ashe_Fenrir]

The video I'm waiting on the most is his raid shadow legends one. I can dream, right??

[@61Trick]

Thank you

[@DanielWorkshop]

I only use the cheap blue guide for sharpening. For me works like a charm. :)

[@AdrianPreda]

Yes, it's good. I might take another one and shape the slots with a file for particular blades

[@DanielWorkshop]

I use the rods as support for chissels, and not the gap. :)

[@tomsbastelkanal5468]

Adrian wenn du neuen Stechbeitel oder Stemmeisen gekauft hast werden die alle dann noch mal geschliefen auf deinen Steinen?

[@RQFLS]

That Veritas looks very nice, I wish I could afford it.. I have a question: you use the diamond plate only for flattening the stones? How do the coarse water stones compare to using the diamond plate directly?

[@AdrianPreda]

Yes, I use the diamond only for flattening (I used it too to grind before having the #320, but I wear it and now I regret that :) ) My diamond is #400, I use it to flatten the #320 water stone too, it works, but is not the best practice. Next I wan't to get the #160 diamond specially to use it on coarse stones too.

[@hm-qg3xr]

5:50 nicely in sync! whether accidental or intentional :)

[@ninjaartap]

Awesome

[@ybhall]

Are you using the diamond stone as a lapping stone? Have you ever considered getting a true lapping stone from Shapton, or is the diamond stone perfect for lapping with? Hope this reaches you. I love your setup so much, and I've been slowly collecting tools to start woodworking as well. Thanks so much for the amazing content.

[@ybhall]

Haha, just scrolled down and see you answered someone else, and you are using the diamond stone as a lapping stone. Nice!

[@andrewpinson4360]

I have some of the same jigs and stones you have. Unfortunately I have it seems every other type of sharpening medium know to man. My goal though is to sharpen by hand without a jig like Rob Cosman or Paul Sellers does.

[@francki983]

Very nice. I understand the Atoma dressing plate comprises a diamond plate glued on a reusable steel base plate: how often do you need to replace the diamond plate? Is it reliable?

[@AdrianPreda]

Thanks! So far, in three years, I never replaced the Atoma. It still holds decently, it looks indeed that it's wear out (I used it to grind the veritas blade some times, regret that) but I estimate it will hold another year. Don't know if is worth changing just the glued part, I remember the price difference is small, like ~70 euro just the reusable part, and 80 complete...probably in time that Alu plate (it's not steel) is no longer flat, and don't know exactly how easy is to unglue the old one, looks very well put together. And, you find yourself with a nice 10mm thick Aluminum plate for other diy projects :)

[@oivindalvestad7130]

What about round tools, what do you do with them?

[@AdrianPreda]

Don't have any, yet.

[@terminsane]

How do you clean your water stones? Mine seem to get dirty stains. Like metal particles stick in it and go rusty

[@AdrianPreda]

I just clean the slurry at the end, I don't flatten them, I do that next time I'm sharpening. In theory, the waterstones can bend in time, so if I flatten it now, leave it for some time, I may not have it flat when using it. Depends also on the quality of the stone I think. You have these same Shapton one? My first stone was a cheap naniwa combo 1000/3000 and was not that great either in sharpening, either in maintaining it clean.

[@MrFinn]

thanks as always ;)

[@patrickberger4115]

Great.....next video " how i made a wooden waste paper bin" 🤩🤩

[@AdrianPreda]

Haha, great idea!

[@geon1ght]

where do you get your wood from? nice sharpening skills!

[@spooncwa19]

Great video - thank you. How often do you sharpen your hand tools?

[@AdrianPreda]

Thanks for watching too! Depends, can be months, can be next day🙂 If it's not a big project where I use almost all if them they can last me 1-2mo

[@spooncwa19]

@@AdrianPreda Very helpful - thanks

[@szabolaszlo7811]

Super video Adi, ca de obicei...:)

[@AdrianPreda]

Mersi!

[@janfusion4780]

Nice video How long did it take you to do that?

[@AdrianPreda]

Thanks! Two half days, but I was filming too. Usually in 2-4 hours I do everything I shown in the video

[@kainalias2913]

Hi, just started with Japanese handplanes and chisels. Have been interested for a while but didn't have the time and in addition wanted to first read up on them. I also checked out your video "how to prepare a kanna" and in this video as well as here you do not tap the iron. Is that just because the ura of your blades are still were they need to be? Do you have any experience with tapping Japanese blades? Checked for a video with at least English subtitles as I feel like missing out on some crucial information in the Japanese videos I found. Maybe you have a recommendation for a good instructional video on that? Thanks in advance for the tips and for your video as well of course!

[@AdrianPreda]

I never tapped a kanna blade, probably I will try that one day when the ura of the blades I have will dissapear. On the 3-4 kannas I have the ura came pretty decent, well not that thin as you see on more experienced users and premium kanna, but workable.

[@kainalias2913]

Hi thanks for the info.

[@zakrzewostart]

Much time it takes? And how often?

[@AdrianPreda]

2-3h at few weeks, one month

[@SirBenJamin_]

I have have 3k/8k combination watersone, but even after the 8k, it is not a mirror surface? Very cloudy? Any ideas why that might be? The previous scratch patterns are definately removed as I use a black marker to check.

[@AdrianPreda]

Not all waterstones leave mirror surface, although they do sharp as rated. Even these Shapton I have are said not to leave a mirror polish on finer stones. I read that (some) natural stones do the same.

[@ricardocarrillo5836]

Hello Adrian, very nice video, I have been waiting a lot for this one. Thanks also for your willing to answer questions I have a couple. For the veritas guide, do you use oil or something to avoid rust or what do you use to keep it as new. For the Japanese blade, do you fit it with the veritas guide without angle right, I mean, the guide fits the bevel of the blade and not the blade fits any angle right? Have you tried any other stones? I have different ones and want to know why would you recommend these. Finally, sorry, any advice to have a good sharp? I have noticed in my case I'm not very good and really want to improve in that. Thanks again for this, is really appreciated.

[@AdrianPreda]

Hi Ricardo! Thank you! - sometimes I use some camelia oil (this is volatile oil), but not that often, although I read in their instructions that you should do that to maintain it. Careful with other oils, don't use too much so will not spill on the stone, it will ruin it. - exactly, try and try until you fit. - just a Naniwa Homestone 1000/3000 as my first ever stone. It's not that fantastic, wears rapidly and very slow. If look for a reasonable priced one for beginners go for a combo stone like 1000/6000 from any Japan made manufacturer, Cerax for ex makes one good. - other than patience I don't know :) Use guides in the beginning if you're not confident free hand, grind the bevel until you see a consistent color/texture all over the area, if your blade is dull or chipped grind it, no mater what, until on the back/flat side you won't see those anymore, just the clean line of the tip.

[@Ashe_Fenrir]

I predict a waste basket build for the tissues next :)

[@BluuurghAg9]

Is there a reason you don't use a leather strop for the finishing touch? Just out of curiosity, becuse oher woodworkers seem to consider that a part of the holy process.

[@AdrianPreda]

I just do not like the strop for straight blades/flat tools, the idea that I make a microscopic roundish bevel on the tip.

[@АлександрГруздев-р5ъ]

Adrian where are your new video? We are missed

[@AdrianPreda]

:) Filming now one, then another one. Hope in 3 weeks or so to upload one

[@АлександрГруздев-р5ъ]

@@AdrianPreda 👍

[@valentinmandache2424]

Nu înțeleg de ce trebuie lustruit tăișul secundar al lamei de rindea. Am observat ca ai ascuțit la 30 de grade pana la 8k și i-ai mai făcut unul de 32 de grade.

[@rodneysmart9774]

Is that you on the piano?

[@AdrianPreda]

Haha, I can barely play "Happy birthday to you", just that row😀

[@GrahamOrm]

What about the backs?

[@AdrianPreda]

You normally approach the back only when you get the blade new. You flatten it to the highest grit you have, not all, about 1-2 cm, and leave it like this. In time, if you consider it's not flat anymore, you may refresh it. When normal sharpening you do only the bevel then a few strokes on your highest grit stone on the back to remove the burr.

[@GrahamOrm]

@@AdrianPreda Yes I know, but you made no reference to it at all. It's critical and novices won't know and may be frustrated when the chisel won't sharpen if they don't flatten the backs. Just saying ;-)

[@woodfather]

Wait - miniature chisels are a thing?!

[@AdrianPreda]

Haha yes :)) I only use the 3mm one, the other two I haven't even sharpened in 3 years :)

[@josemejia38]

When are you going to upload a video?

[@AdrianPreda]

:) Soon. Been busy setting up the new workshop.

[@josemejia38]

@@AdrianPreda I'll be waiting for it

[@josemejia38]

Why haven't you uploaded more videos

[@camarosteve312]

Looks like it’s time to make a wooden waste basket!

[@juancarlosdeabreudanobrega]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@John-yt5zr]

The music was distracting, I kept thinking about Schroeder from Charlie Brown playing.

[@С.И.Н-ю7д]

Только так и никак не иначе

[@adrianluica6960]

Frumoasa editare

[@AdrianPreda]

Multumesc!

[@АлександрВладимирович-к2р]

👍👌🤚.

[@reneholbrugge7920]

Next project: a trashbin !

[@AdrianPreda]

Yes, I need that :)

[@doubledarefan]

I was gonna suggest the same.

[@cristinabogdan7799]

Stop sharpening the mini tools. One day they will dissolve and disappear

[@AdrianPreda]

:))

[@leopoldoguevaradelcastillo999]

Demasiada basura