Thanks for the discussion and demonstration of your particular tools here. Can you describe briefly what advantage that oil has on the strop? I’ve never seen that shown before. Thanks
@@thehoosiercraftsmanworksho1745 c'mon man. Everyone knows you have to use that Jojoba oil. Lie Nielsen would never steer you wrong. Can also be used as a moisturizer to relieve sunburns.
Proper milled (flat, big) diamond stones are the beginner solution, but they will wear down over time. They will cost more than those chisels cost. There's sets that come with lapping fluids, strops and waxes, see e.g. M Power Tools. Another option is glass panel with scary sharp system (you can use sand paper too) but scary sharp wears down faster than diamond so it might not be that cheap in long run, but initially it's the cheapest (well, sand paper is). Anything above 6000 grit is likely excessive, esp. for that quality mortise chisels (they're really good but not quite Narex Richter let alone Japanese magic chisels). You can get best results with whetstones or scary sharp. Whetstones are difficult but can go a long way. You need multiple grits of stones and then you need stones for leveling up the stones, so it becomes soon expensive, but when you master it it's good. You might be able to use your worn down diamond stones to fix minor problems in stones. Aah... it's a rabbit hole. Don't buy some blocks that have diamonds on four sides or some junk from your average hardware store. Those things aren't usually straight. They're ok for your kitchen knives and axes.
25 bucks for my diamond stone with 400 grit on one side and 1000 grit on the other. A few bucks for a decent leather strop and honing compound. $35 at most all told. Mounted the stone and strop on a pine scrap with finger recesses so I can flip between coarse and fine sides. I use it for everything: plane irons, chisels, hatchets, the works. Still going strong years later.
@@McSlobo Diamond stone prices have dropped like a meteor in recent years and the quality has really evened out. My combination 400/1000 grit stone still costs $25 on Amazon. The Narex #12 mortise chisel I bought goes for $30. So you're way off on your advice. No need to go for the DMT stones unless you're a pro.
@@agluebottle Thin plates are where it's at today in the realm of cheap diamonds. I'm paying $6.36 for a 9" x 3" area plate. So I'm paying half what you're paying. But then I have to glue my plates to something to hold onto them. The substrate I'm using was free for me. That may not always be the case. Glue is certainly going to cost money. Maybe there's a way to hold those thin plates without gluing them to something but if there is I haven't figured it out yet. I like my system I've got going so I'm not spending any time thinking about it really.
I am just starting out. I will make a note of these for when I get to making mortises. Thanks for this video.
Thanks for the discussion and demonstration of your particular tools here. Can you describe briefly what advantage that oil has on the strop? I’ve never seen that shown before. Thanks
Hey, I'm a Foreigner and I could not read the label nor can i figure out how is the oil spelled. Thanks in advance!
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@@thehoosiercraftsmanworksho1745 c'mon man. Everyone knows you have to use that Jojoba oil. Lie Nielsen would never steer you wrong. Can also be used as a moisturizer to relieve sunburns.
How much did your sharpening set cost?
Proper milled (flat, big) diamond stones are the beginner solution, but they will wear down over time. They will cost more than those chisels cost. There's sets that come with lapping fluids, strops and waxes, see e.g. M Power Tools. Another option is glass panel with scary sharp system (you can use sand paper too) but scary sharp wears down faster than diamond so it might not be that cheap in long run, but initially it's the cheapest (well, sand paper is). Anything above 6000 grit is likely excessive, esp. for that quality mortise chisels (they're really good but not quite Narex Richter let alone Japanese magic chisels). You can get best results with whetstones or scary sharp. Whetstones are difficult but can go a long way. You need multiple grits of stones and then you need stones for leveling up the stones, so it becomes soon expensive, but when you master it it's good. You might be able to use your worn down diamond stones to fix minor problems in stones. Aah... it's a rabbit hole. Don't buy some blocks that have diamonds on four sides or some junk from your average hardware store. Those things aren't usually straight. They're ok for your kitchen knives and axes.
25 bucks for my diamond stone with 400 grit on one side and 1000 grit on the other. A few bucks for a decent leather strop and honing compound. $35 at most all told. Mounted the stone and strop on a pine scrap with finger recesses so I can flip between coarse and fine sides. I use it for everything: plane irons, chisels, hatchets, the works. Still going strong years later.
@@McSlobo Diamond stone prices have dropped like a meteor in recent years and the quality has really evened out. My combination 400/1000 grit stone still costs $25 on Amazon. The Narex #12 mortise chisel I bought goes for $30. So you're way off on your advice. No need to go for the DMT stones unless you're a pro.
@@agluebottle Thin plates are where it's at today in the realm of cheap diamonds. I'm paying $6.36 for a 9" x 3" area plate. So I'm paying half what you're paying. But then I have to glue my plates to something to hold onto them. The substrate I'm using was free for me. That may not always be the case. Glue is certainly going to cost money. Maybe there's a way to hold those thin plates without gluing them to something but if there is I haven't figured it out yet. I like my system I've got going so I'm not spending any time thinking about it really.