Due to COVID-19
and Social Isolation, to stay busy I’ve been trying to finish up a
slew of projects that have been on my mind and some that I started but haven't finished yet due to other more urgent issues. Some of these are very practical, some are experimental, others are likely a little silly or just for building a certain skill (Learning by making).
My first project, which I completed over the weekend is a jig for sharpening hy hand planes and chisels. It's one piece that holds my wet stone and stops for setting blades in the xxx for standard sharpening angles. The base is Baltic Birch 1/2" plywood. My goal was to keep the setup as compact as possible. I used 1/2" square dowels to surround and hold the wet stone in place, these were clamped and glued in place. After the glue was dry I applied multiple coats of Polyurethane just to minimize water damage to the wood from the wet stone (water resistant but not water proof).
After the multiple coats of Polyurethane were finished drying I screwed down the right angle aluminum extrusion pieces as end stops for the 25 and 30 degree angles for chisel and plane blades.
Supplies
- 1/2” square
dowel
- Baltic birch 1/2”
plywood
- 1/2” right angle
aluminum extrusion
- 8 x #6 1/2”
screws
- Wood Glue
- Polyurethane
Tools
- Saw
- Screwdriver
- Clamps
- Ruler
- Right angle, 1-2-3 blocks or something else to align the blade stops
