How to Sharpen a Chisel
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Craig Hopkins teaches you how to sharpen a chisel on a bench grinder with ease in this video. To get a single edge chisel, you simply lay it on the stone and create a sharp edge and a cup.
You know, I've talked to you quite a bit about the air chisel and chiseling, but what I haven't done is shown you exactly how I sharpen the chisel on the one edge and the one plane, because this is the chisel that works best for me. So I just very simply, use the bench grinder and I'm going to just lay it on the stone and very carefully work it. What that's going to do, it's going to give me the sharp edge and the cup. Let's look at that go. Now, you can see the face of the wheel just leveled it up, but it also gave it a little bit of a cope right here. And that's what you're looking for in a single edge chisel. Keep your chisel sharp, it'll do a lot better work for you. Just a little tip.
Brutal. Let's talk about ruining the temper of the steel. Use a knife sharpening hone. Sorry, this video is a joke
VERY UNSAFE!! Where is the tool rest? to be safe and protect yourself from grinder wheel explosion should you drop the chisel a tool rest is a must. If this is a commercial shop OSHA will probably be by if they have seen this video.