Canadian Contractor - July-August 2015
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tool against the wheel. The edge will be scary-sharp in no time,<br />
ready for you to get back to work. It’s really that simple, but there<br />
are two tricks you need to keep in mind.<br />
How It Works<br />
Instead of rubbing a chisel or plane iron against a stationary<br />
stone by hand, you hold a tool against the rapidly spinning edge<br />
of a buffing wheel that’s been coated in a very fine abrasive. Both<br />
sides of each tool are held against this moving surface in turn,<br />
where they’re honed to a shiny finish in a short time. A honing<br />
session that would normally take 15 or 20 minutes of monotony<br />
with a sharpening stone now happens in a few minutes or less.<br />
Switch the buffing wheel on, hold a block of abrasive compound<br />
against the spinning wheel to charge the surface, then hold the<br />
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