Veritas MK II Honing Guide
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- Morton runs through the features of the Veritas MK II Honing Guide explains how to use it.
More information on using the MK II for sharpening in this video: • Using the Veritas MK I...
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i'm sick of ppl saying this is cheating and that i need to learn to do it by hand. Why? this is accurate and repeatable.
Why do you even entertain them?
What Richard said. Sometimes you need repeatability.
This guide is probably the best honing guide that has EVER been made . When I was younger I could sharpen ANY blade by hand down to even a 1/16 th . Now I am old and shaky I use this guide . you can set the primary AND secondary bevels and the guide is 100% easy and repeatable.
Amen to that what's my eyes aren't very good at all anymore so this is going to be a great for me..just ordered the deluxe version today..
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Just got the mkii and this 10 year old video was a huge help, thank you!
Bought this honing guide yesterday from Axminster in Nuneaton, Uk. I was too inconsistent at sharpening blades by hand. This is a great little tool that has made my life just that little bit easier.
Great tutorial! Thorough and detailed with good closeups. Covered all I wanted to know aS a beginner, who just purchased the jig. Thanks!
I own the MKII Honing Guide. That I purchased for Highland Wood working. I used it without getting the edge I wanted. This video has helped me so much. I took my #120 plane and did the sharpening with the video. I now have the edge I need. Thank you so much for these videos.
I use the jig all the time for most of my sharpening. There are two little niggles that I made a video about some months ago, as well as some other sharpening tips.
Thanks for the video Morton.
super awesome and helpful video! thank you!!! i'm a beginner and you covered everything i wanted to know about this honing guide, very clearly, and now i feel like i understand why everyone likes the veritas guide better than the cheapies, and can skip finding out the hard way!
Your video was great. Thanks!
My guess about the roller guide with the camber is that it might eliminate the slight angle to the micro bevel. Since the micro bevel adjustment raises/lowers only one side of the roller guide, a perfectly cylindrical guide would have a tendency to tilt back to rolling completely flat on the sharpening stone. You essentially have four contact points: the two corners of the blade and the two at the ends of the roller guide. The cambered guide, however, would simply shift its rolling point to whatever the new low-point is on its circumference; since the ends of the cambered guide are smaller, they wouldn't be in the way any longer to interfere and push the sharpening jig to a new "flat" angle. There are only three contact points, then: two on the corners of the blade and ONE on the roller guide. The point of the camber roller, according to Veritas, is to add a camber to a blade. However, maintaining even pressure on both corners of the blade (as you do in your video) rather than pushing down one corner or the other should prevent a camber from being added.
Thank you very much for this video. I am new to woodworking and just purchased this product. I read the instructions and was a bit confused. After watching this video, I am confident that with practice, I can get a desired result, sharpening my chisels and blades. thanks.......
Brad
so how is it after 4 years?
Thanks for this amazing video! I am going to pick one of these up this weekend and after watching your video I am really confident in using it!
Thx, a very well explanation in detail with good optical insights
Looks like a real work saver! Thank you.
I am starting to realize using hand tools is not about speed. It’s about the enjoyment of not having that buzz in your ears even with hearing protection. If a person who appreciates the silence can’t appreciate the preparation to maintain the silence then hurry up and forget the hand tool and turn on the buzz tool. Use the the jig that gets you the results that keeps the buzz away. Take time to use the tool, but first take the time to prepare the tool to make it what we need, fulfillment.
Yeah, it was great for a while. The problem is the 2 screws that hold the blade do not hold it tight enough and it will move. The harder you tighten them the more the base will permanently bow. this will ruin the jig so that it won't hold any blade tightly.
it should be noted that when sharpening shorter blades (such as the stanley no 151) moving past the 3 o'clock cam position will actually tilt the blade back to grind on its heal... ie don't use the 6 o'clock position in order to get your micro bevel on short blades whose tips don't reach the guide stop.
Awesome vid! Many thanks!
Do you create your secondary bevel with the notch on the "side" knob in the 3 o-clock or the 6 o-clock position?
Whichever one raised the angle slightly, rather than lower it
Great video -- well explained and looks like a great tool!
Well described and photographed. It's da bomb! ;-)
Man, I am done with my Veritas guide. My chisel edge is always skewed, even enough to be seen with the naked eye. It's a sharp edge but definitely skewed. I I tried skewing the chisel into the correct position by putting strips of painter's tape on the high-side of the back of the chisel. I even tried using the same shim technique on the inside surface of the clamping jaws. It did not work. In order to get the chisel to stay put, excess force must be applied with a pair of pliers onto the knurled knob. No matter what the chisel stills is able to move.
I think it's just a bad design. The main bevel side of my chisel (mortis) looks like multi-faceted diamond, and the edge is still skewed, sharp but skewed. Looks like I will be seeking out a better system. You would think Veritas would address this problem. Thanks for posting; good information.
People in the comments are focused on highland woodworking . Do not forget they are only sellers. The guide is from LEE VALLEY ,VERITAS the actual MAKER.
Hi Morton, I am using a Veritas MK II Honing Guide to sharpen my plain blades. Where are your blades on this site. You said your blades will come soon. You used your 280" 4000" 6000" 8000.
Peter Rotumah
@@keithrotumah6093 here is the followup video with the blade sharpening: th-cam.com/video/6UINBP6cmC8/w-d-xo.html
thanks mate very helpful
very complete and great video
Thanks for the helpful review!
so I picked one of these up and I am restoring a few old hand planes and thers something I don't get on the registration jig. I watched a few vids no one explains it and I have a hard time with reading lol dyslexic lol. I don't under stand what is the high angle and standerd angle and back bevels for what do I use each one and for one please help. I also am vary disappointed in how lose the jig fits on sliding dove tale makes it hard to get it strat when its wigleing arond a lot should I take it back and estrange it
The jig can be positioned to give a low angle grind or a high angle angle grind on the edge of the tool, in addition to using the standard position (which handles the standard grinding angles for mose chisels and plane irons). If you pause the video at 1:34 you can see the colors and the degrees labeled on the jig (which should be the same as what shows on the jig you own)
This video may also help you:
www.leevalley.com/en/Home/VideoPopup.aspx?v=126
This video talks about "back bevels" for plane irons. The video does not use the Veritas jig for sharpening or for back beveling, but it will help you better understand what a back bevel is for. You do not have to put a back bevel on your plane irons. It is a matter of personal preference. You never use a back bevel on a chisel.
th-cam.com/video/1F7q5WGb4ZA/w-d-xo.html
Hi, just watched your vid and I am having the same issue with a skew blade and have to tap the chisel till it sharpens straight I'm fussy like that, I'm in the UK and not sure how Veritas can help me. Can I ask you what was their reply when you spoke to them?
ben celiz i got the same problem with Veritas A2 blade. How to fix?
I guess they sent him replacement another one and he is happy enough with their service so not answering to our concerned questions.
hi just a follow up on my last post l think l know what is wrong with the micro bevel not workin and putting a skew on the blade. lf you look carefully at the hole the axle runs through it is not parallel to the roller edge and is multiplied more on the 6 o clock position because of the extra thickness of the roller one way round this problem is use the cambered roller so you can press down on one side to correct it or dont use in 6 o clock position and re register the blade to 30 degrees a lot of fiddling about for something thats supposed to make it easier hope l have helped.
Do you have a video of sharpening a chisel with this guide? I heard that sharpening chisels with this guide was difficult.
We haven't made a video on using the Veritas MKII on a chisel, but The Wood Whisperer has a great video: th-cam.com/video/70qQgcPe3mI/w-d-xo.html
u rock ty
I bought mine a few months ago. Every time I used the jig, it left my blade with some sort of skewing on the left side. I tried to correct it by putting more pressure on the right side of the blade but it still didn't come out as expected.
Exact same thing happening to me and its so fucking annoying
@@ComeOnYouBoyzInBlue clamp down even pressure on both sides. Stop blaming tool and get on with it .
You are INEPT.
Why do I always get an uneven grind when I use this ???
+busterbbe Uneven across the front of the blade? Using honing guides is a lot about the finger-pressure at the ends, over the blade part. Make sure to use even pressure across the front - I like to rest my fingers on the two corners to make sure pressure is consistent across the whole tip of the blade.
Micro adjuster? You mention 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock - what are the 3 o'clock position for? Is it just 'in between'?
I'm guessing but it might be to allow for a tertiary bevel.
IT does not "click" in at the in between points.
Hi Tom,
Around the 1:00 minute mark in the video, Morton addresses this issue. If you are still having problems after trying the suggestions he offers, please contact our tech support and they can help you. Email them at techsupport(at)highlandwoodworking(dot)com. Thanks so much!
good vidio l also gought this jig and have the same problem with the micro bevel it simply does not work as you have said it lifts the roller up one side more than the other even on a 3/4"chisle l also contacted them they did reply to my email but dont seem to accept there is a problem.The jig is no better than the much cheeper eclipps type jig and is easyer to set up with wooden stop blocks,and no scewing of the blade you just spent a lot of time making square also the top clamping is not very good thats why they have just made a side clamping atachment like the lie nielsen and eclipps a move in the right direction but it still does not fix the micro bevel problem l would say save your money and buy a ecipps type giude or if you can get a lie nielsen one probabley the best one you can buy expensive but superb quality so to sum up l would not buy the veritas one it does not work ok if you only want one angle and no micro bevel l am very disapointed in mine and will buy the lie nielsen one.
06:34 Hmm.. that's why a diamond plate maybe is the better choice - they won't get hilly.
08:23 Is that some kind of *special* paper? You wouldn't dare cheating on us in front of a camera, when the whole world is watching. Right? ;-)
wow and i ready to buy until you got to part where it had problems staying even and you made excuses for the guide. To many work arounds to get a good straight edge on blade with the high price you would think it would work great every time. i do want to thank you fo being straight up. If you had your blade turn out that bad i shutter to think what a first timer would get. Good Job on demo. Thanks
While you sharpen with the jig, take it of the stone every 10 or so strokes and check the bevel, if the sharpening seems to be favouring one side, shift the pressure from one hand to the other a little to correct it. Also most carpenters chisels are not perfectly flat in relation to the top and bottom of the chisel, this can throw the hone out too.
Thank you for your reply I really do appreciate your videos are awesome I went ahead and ordered the Veritas it will be here on the 18th I don’t think that’ll give me any trouble I liked all your explanations I like the videos and I will post after I give it a few days worth a try thanks again
I didn't make the videos, but I'm certainly going to buy one for my work chisels. I can't stand blunt chisels
Chisel ?
Great demo, thanks. But you kept making me cringe every time you ran your fingers across the plane blade.
Not the best at clamping narrow chisels tho
Top tip for you, you can buy bread ready sliced!
Sliced bread was invented for people with scant brain cells and even fewer taste buds. Normal people bake (and expertly slice) their own superior bread.
The freshly baked bread in the deli of a supermarket is far better and often even cheaper.
There is no supermarket in the world that is capable of baking bread that comes even close to skilful home-made or that produced by an independent artisan bakery.
too much work
Why the F** didn't they make this to work with thick chisels.
Такое впечатление что в Китае сделано!Качество обработки металла безобразное