A slightly different chisel question
Hi all
I'm trying to learn to hand cut dovetails. I find that after chopping out just a few tails, my Marple blue handles form a burr and I have to give them a quick swipe on a stone to bring the edge back somewhere right. I'm chopping walnut.
Is this normal, or a result of incorrect sharpening on my part, or the fact that the chisels are not the finest.
I use the scary sharp system and finish with 4000 and 8000 waterstones. The chisels seem very sharp when I finish a full sharpening session.
Thanks in advance.
Cheap Marples not so good
I have a set. When I purchased them, I thought they will get me buy for a while. I used them for the first time this weekend on some hard maple. What a depressing joke. They not only dull up quick, but the would get nicks and chips in the blade. I was using the factory grind (25 degree), but had put a nice hone on them. It was really frustrating to have to re-hone, deal with blade chiping, etc. Already time to upgrade! Although, I might try a different angle on the grind, as some have mentioned above, to see how that plays out.