How To Sharpen Skew Chisels With A Jig

Keep your skew chisel razor-sharp and ready for turning.

How to sharpen skew chisels with a jig. They work more or less like other irons except that they need to be worked on both sides. The SVS-50 is the right jig for the job. Begin modifying a standard skew on a belt sander.

How to sharpen roughing gouges skews parting tools - Tormek SVS-50 Multi Jig - with Nick Agar. This video demonstrates how to properly sharpen a skew chisel. Please see detailed photos below.

A WoodWorkers Guild of America WWGOA original video. The centre line of the support tubes need to be in line with the centre of the grinding wheels. In addition to getting a better edge on your chisels you can also make a jig that will help you sharpen your plane iron jointer plane iron andor power shear.

Hold the tool so the belt always travels away from you. Otherwise the jigs would not fit under the grinding wheels. After marking the mounting holes for the support tubes I drilled some 38 holes and hammered in some 516 T-nuts on the under side of the MDF base.

In this third episode Nick Agar shows how to sharpen a roughing gouge with a few simple steps using the open seat of Tormeks Multi Jig SVS-50. For me straight skew chisels are pretty easy to do independent of the angle they are grinded to. Further he shows how to sharpen a parting tool and a skew using the closed seat of the SVS-50.

In this free woodworking project video George Vondriska provides tips for sharpening a skew chisel with a diamond stone. Chamfer the sharp edges of the long point side. How do you check they are flat and get them sharp.