Comments on: End Grain? Pshaw, Nothing a Sharp Blade Can’t Handle! http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/2010/02/10/end-grain-pshaw-nothing-a-sharp-blade-cant-handle/ So many projects, so little time... Welcome to Woodworking A-D-D. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:30:29 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Aluminum Extrusions http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/2010/02/10/end-grain-pshaw-nothing-a-sharp-blade-cant-handle/comment-page-1/#comment-4681 Aluminum Extrusions Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:31:01 +0000 http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/?p=465#comment-4681 Glad you were able to sort out your issue. I have been in the same boat before. Nothing worse than a bad blade nearly wrecking a project... I guess a wrecked project would be worse. Glad you were able to sort out your issue. I have been in the same boat before. Nothing worse than a bad blade nearly wrecking a project… I guess a wrecked project would be worse.

]]> By: Shannon http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/2010/02/10/end-grain-pshaw-nothing-a-sharp-blade-cant-handle/comment-page-1/#comment-4399 Shannon Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:51:11 +0000 http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/?p=465#comment-4399 That is definitely a sign that you blade needs to be sharpened. You also may be taking to heavy a cut. Once you have sharpened the blade sufficiently, back the blade out of the cut and slowly advance it taking test passes until it starts to cut. Skew the plane and slice your way across. For this type of stuff I believe that it is 90% about the sharpness of your blade. That is definitely a sign that you blade needs to be sharpened. You also may be taking to heavy a cut. Once you have sharpened the blade sufficiently, back the blade out of the cut and slowly advance it taking test passes until it starts to cut. Skew the plane and slice your way across. For this type of stuff I believe that it is 90% about the sharpness of your blade.

]]> By: kosta http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/2010/02/10/end-grain-pshaw-nothing-a-sharp-blade-cant-handle/comment-page-1/#comment-4388 kosta Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:48:51 +0000 http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/?p=465#comment-4388 I can never get a good cut with a block plane on end grain it just turns to big chunks and sawdust. I can never get a good cut with a block plane on end grain it just turns to big chunks and sawdust.

]]> By: Larry Marshall http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/2010/02/10/end-grain-pshaw-nothing-a-sharp-blade-cant-handle/comment-page-1/#comment-4386 Larry Marshall Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:47:54 +0000 http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/?p=465#comment-4386 ...I guess you can retain your galoot license. I concluded that I'd learned to sharpen when I noticed that I didn't think much about sharpening. I just do it and the tools work. For me this didn't happen all of a sudden and I suspect you're right; it's simply a function of doing it a lot. Cheers --- Larry …I guess you can retain your galoot license. I concluded that I’d learned to sharpen when I noticed that I didn’t think much about sharpening. I just do it and the tools work.

For me this didn’t happen all of a sudden and I suspect you’re right; it’s simply a function of doing it a lot.

Cheers — Larry

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