If you’ve done even a little woodworking or home renovation, you’ve probably noticed that hand planes don’t work very well. At least not until they’re sharp and tuned up. In this way, hand planes are ...

In this video, I demonstrate the easiest way to sharpen chisels and hand plane irons using diamond stones with three different grits, a setup block for the correct primary and secondary bevel, and ...

Whenever I sharpen my plane blades, I end up with only the center portion sharpened. For my setup, I use a veritas side-clamling honing guide, and 1,000 grit diamond stone, 5,000 grit ceramic stone, ...