Latest pop wood article on hand tool project

**Pac man** · 8th June 2013, 07:59 AM

**Ball Peen** · 8th June 2013, 09:17 AM

Thanks Pac man. We need MORE of these in depth, nuanced "how to" stories. I shudder to think of people using a knife or sander to sharp a pencil.

**jimbur** · 8th June 2013, 09:43 AM

This is something that has been needed for a long time. I look forward to others of the same ilk. I have great problems in tuning my workshop broom.

**NCArcher** · 8th June 2013, 11:12 AM

He neglected to mention the planetary alignment so now I am stumped until he answers my email

**jimbur** · 8th June 2013, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by NCArcher

He neglected to mention the planetary alignment so now I am stumped until he answers my email

It's always those things they take for granted that cause all the trouble.

**Ball Peen** · 8th June 2013, 02:19 PM

Actually, I would be very interested in how the plane performs with different graphite hardness pencils. Anyone have the time to do this?

**Master Splinter** · 8th June 2013, 02:37 PM

Oh, you hand tool enthusiasts...it's so much more precise to do it this way....

CNC lathe pencil sharpener - YouTube

**wolften** · 9th June 2013, 03:00 AM

...the cnc sharpening method is nice and precise, but for this ol' chippy I prefer to have this in my nail bag

**jimbur** · 9th June 2013, 09:15 AM

No-one has mentioned bevel up versus bevel down in this specialist area yet.

**Berlin** · 9th June 2013, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by jimbur

No-one has mentioned bevel up versus bevel down in this specialist area yet.

Yeah I know! And how did he make his pencil? I wouldn't use a shop bought pencil on any project.

**Twisted Tenon** · 9th June 2013, 01:12 PM

I'm not sure that he is going to achieve an optimum sharpening angle on that pencil either, given the setting of the block planes' throat.

TT

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