View Poll Results: When do you sharpen your tools

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  • Before I begin turning

    14 14.29%
  • After I finish turning and before putting them away

    5 5.10%
  • Just as needed

    76 77.55%
  • I use dull tools

    3 3.06%
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Thread: Sharpening routine poll

  1. #1
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    Sharpening routine poll

    My curiosity (nosiness) has me wondering when most of y'all sharpen your tools, so I thought I would take a poll and find out.

  2. #2
    Actually A, B, & C. Sometimes before I finish, sometimes after I'm done, and always when they need it.
    Raymond Overman
    Happiness is a warm chainsaw

    "Do not wait, the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command. Better tools will be found as you go along." Napolean Hill

  3. #3
    Yep...Me too. I want mine super sharp all the time. I sharpen before I start and, depending on the wood and conditions, I will sharpen throughout a session many times.
    ~john
    "There's nothing wrong with Quiet" ` Jeremiah Johnson

  4. #4
    Okay, I admit it. I do not sharpen my own tools. A fellow turner at my home chruch sharpens them for me. But, I was at the NWA show in Saratoga NY and saw these tools and instantly found my 21 st birthday present.

    Take a gander at these guys, they saw they never have to be sharpened:

    http://newedgecuttingtools.com/welcome.htm
    My brain hurts!

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    Same here. With some woods it seems like I am at the grinder more than the lathe.

    Ernie

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    I sharpen mine several times while turning. Especially scrapers. I think the burr left from grinding gives a much better cut.
    I usually sharpen the tools I used when I'm done turning.
    Jim Davenport
    Reporting from the depths of the Magic Garage

  7. #7
    I pick up my tool, check for a burr on the edge with my thumb if it good I start turning, if not I go to the grinder. Then as I turn I sharpen when necessary.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeremiah Jordan
    Okay, I admit it. I do not sharpen my own tools. A fellow turner at my home chruch sharpens them for me. But, I was at the NWA show in Saratoga NY and saw these tools and instantly found my 21 st birthday present.

    Take a gander at these guys, they saw they never have to be sharpened:

    http://newedgecuttingtools.com/welcome.htm
    Shameful... just absolutely shameful.

    Ernie

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    I do B & C. I always try to sharpen my tools I used after I am done and as needed during turning.
    Bernie

    Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

    To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.



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    A, B & C for me, too. Sharpening is something that is a continuous operation, sometimes after only a few revolutions of the piece if it's heavily spalted and the cuts are finishing shear cuts. (The calcite that makes up the black lines will take off the edge nearly instantaneously)

    I start with sharp tools and try to end with sharp tools, but always check them before starting the next turning day.
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    The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeremiah Jordan
    Okay, I admit it. I do not sharpen my own tools. A fellow turner at my home chruch sharpens them for me. But, I was at the NWA show in Saratoga NY and saw these tools and instantly found my 21 st birthday present.

    Take a gander at these guys, they saw they never have to be sharpened:

    http://newedgecuttingtools.com/welcome.htm
    I tried a few of these a year and a half ago as a potential review (no cost to me) and didn't particularly like them. Most are really aimed at production spindle work...which I don't do. I declined to do the review as a result.
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    The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...

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    All depends on the task or session at hand. But in general - frequently.
    Only the Blue Roads

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    Like most others who have posted. . . When in doubt, I sharpen to start and again when needed and usually when I finish, before they get put away.
    That new Tormek system on my back bench makes it a whole lot easier to keep em' sharp.

  14. With my cheapy tools, it seems I'm sharpening more than turning....

  15. #15

    sharpening

    It seems that I sharpen them more as needed. When hogging out material, my weapons of mass destruction will get a bit dull, but if they are still cutting, I don't really mind. I always use a fresh edge for the finish cut. I have 4 gouges that I use. One M2 Ellsworth, a Oneway, a Glaser, and a Packard. The harder 'lasts 3 times longer' gouges don't seem to keep that fresh from the grinder edge any longer than the M2HSS. The difference is that they will keep the 'I can still hog out some more ' edge a lot longer. I got to see Stewart Batty last year, and found one thing that he said very eye opening. His comment was that the fresh edge lasts all of about 30 seconds. This equates to about one half mile of shavings.
    robo hippy

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