Micro-Bevel Jig
After putting a good sharpening on a number of bench and bevel edge chisels plus paring and mortise chisels, we wanted a work station for the quick touch up of the micro-bevel. |
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Having seen Lien-Nielsen's video of Deneb Puchalski and the
PDF plans, we decided
on a quick and simple angle setting jig. |
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This jig will be used for chisels only and will have the quick setups for 20°, 25°, and 30°. These will allow quick setup of the primary bevel angle and then the 2 secondary micro-bevel can quickly be setup with a couple of clicks of the micro-bevel adjuster on the Veritas. |
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This jig will always be used with the Veritas honing guide. The angle setting and squaring guide for the Veritas is quite accurate, but it is a little unwieldy and time consuming. Here the setup is for a 20°. |
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After setting the angles the length of the exposed blade is used to set the jig guide blocks. |
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After guaranteeing the block is at the right
distance and is squared, some glue and 23 gauge pins secured the block. |
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The side guides are to square the blade
in the honing guide. |
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Though location is still uncertain at this time, future jig features will include a 8000 grit Norton waterstone to create the micro bevel and a leather strop pad with Veritas green polishing compound for final deburring and polish. |
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Added a Lie-Nielsen honing guide. I like it a lot. In addition to being extremely well machined, I really like the self centering and squaring aspect of the guide. It requires a jig to set the angles. |
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So we added two measuring stops on another edge. These are set for the two most common angles we hone. |
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With the front edge of the guide against the side of the jig, the stop provides the proper honing angle. |
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To set the microbevel, the addition of a 1/8 inch shim changes that angle by a couple of degrees. |
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To keep the shim from disappearing I coutersunk and epoxied a stack of two small magnets in the shim.... |
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...and countersunk and screwed a washer in the jig... |
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...and the shim stays handy on the jig. |