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or nrost carpentry jobs, you don't need a cl.risel or plane iron has to be sharp enough to
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f;** per{ectly honed chisel.When it conres to, slice clear-rly through the grain without chipping
the surfice.And no more than 60 seconcls
t say, cutting a hinge nlortise ir.r a door (-src
Pltoto aboue),you just need a sharp chisel.And should bc spent getting that shlrp edge.
you need it fast.
So l.row sharp is "sharp"? And how fast is
"fast"? 'We recently posed these questions to
three Workbenrlr prqect desigr-rers - with over'
80 years ofcombined carpentry experience.
Though their r.netl.rods of getting a sharp
edge differ, their arrswers were the sanre.The
Of course, it goes without saying that one
of the keys to fhst sharpening is having sr"rpplies
that are easily portable or readily available at any
jobsite. Our project desigrers' reconmendations
for these sharpening supplies, and their sharperring
shortcr.rts, start on page 36. But first, lett
look at the anatomy of a sharp edge (pa.qe 35).
34 WOI\KBENCH D FEI]I{UAIIY