I am new to wood working and will be taking an intro class this fall and I want to get my sharpening skills honed ( started) in advance. So far I have done the scary sharp method on plate glass but it seems that I wear out the sand paper really quickly then I have to take it off scrape and clean the glass and put a new piece on. the grits I use are (400,500,800,100, 1200, 1500,2000, 2500) 4 on each side of the glass.
I recently got a 8" coarse DMT (blue) that I have been using to flatten the irons and chisels. Chisels are new (Woodcraft brand). I also have the MK II honing guide. I really did not like the instability of the cheap one I have. At a minimum what other DMT's would i need to get the chisels ready for use? I figured I could still to the scary method for polishing along with the bench strop I made.
TIA
Z
I recently got a 8" coarse DMT (blue) that I have been using to flatten the irons and chisels. Chisels are new (Woodcraft brand). I also have the MK II honing guide. I really did not like the instability of the cheap one I have. At a minimum what other DMT's would i need to get the chisels ready for use? I figured I could still to the scary method for polishing along with the bench strop I made.
TIA
Z