Читать книгу The Handyman's Book of Tools, Materials, and Processes Employed in Woodworking - Paul N. Hasluck - Страница 58

It is somewhat trying to the hands of the operator to sharpen the short blades used in iron spokeshaves and small planes. The difficulty, however, may be readily overcome as follows: Procure a piece of hard-wood about 10 in. or 1 ft. long, say 2 in. board, and 1/2 in. thick. With a tenon saw make a cut across one end about 1 in. deep. The blunt blade being now inserted in this cut will be held sufficiently tight, and may be sharpened like an ordinary plane-iron (see pp. 54 and 55) with comparative ease and without fatigue to the hands. It will be found to be a slight advantage if one or both of the long edges at the end where the saw-cut has been made be chamfered, so as to admit of the short blade being held on the oilstone at the correct angle when pushed well into the cut. By means of such a holder the blades may also be conveniently held on the grindstone while being ground.