Bevels everywhere
Plane sharpening session.
It was a high time to re-establish primary bevel on my no.5 but I made a mistake and used Tormek for that. Not that it does not work - works like a charm - but in my workflow I like to use wet stones for re-sharpening during the work.
I like them more and it takes no time to sharpen plane iron this way. Machine is a bit more time consuming to set-up so I reserved it for “big jobs” like primary bevel or damaged chisels.
Well, the problem with such mixed workflow, at least for me, is that Tormek is leaving rounded bevel. It uses rotating stone. When I want to add my tiny secondary bevel on stones it starts to grind the back of primary bevel, before it reaches the tip.
I could, of course, increase the secondary bevel angle and land on the tip but…. I don’t want to. It would distort my established workflow, introducing yet another angle in sharpening. I like to have it easy: all my irons are 25 degrees primary bevel and 27-30-ish degree of secondary bevel. Sharpening fixture set once and (almost) never changed. Peace of mind.
So I decided to bite the bullet and re-grind the iron back to flat, 25-degree bevel, on water stones. It took me two hours. Slowly removing the curve from iron tip.
Until finally arriving to flat and mirror-like primary bevel.
There we go!
Back to the boatshed.
Finished beveling one side of the keelson. Forefoot left roughly done, to be checked when I offer the garboard plank.
An hour later - with intermezzo of swimming, to cool down - the other half is beveled.
I try both garboards, to check if they meet in the middle. Indeed they do, with tiny overlap, as expected.
Forefoot section will be interesting to mount.
I torture plywood with clamps, to find where the stem needs some more beveling. Nothing broke so far!
The day was very warm and sunny so I use the opportunity to do dusty work outside. Table saw got some usage - I made 30 wooden clamps from plywood off-cuts.
Essential to have for upcoming planking.