Your Q&A Issue of the Hock Tools Newsletter

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The HOCK TOOLS Newsletter
#5/2013 - Q&A Issue 2

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Q&A: Radius Plane Irons and Convex Shapes.

ADVANCING HANDTOOLS: Sharpening Spokeshaves.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Hock Tools Spokeshave Kits and Blades w/ Morton Video.

ADVANCING HANDTOOLS:
Sharpening Metal Spokeshave Blades.

From: The Perfect Edge; The Ultimate Guide to Sharpening for Woodworkers, by Ron Hock

Beginning with Skew & T Blades and then moving to Metal Spokeshaves in The Perfect Edge; The Ultimate Guide to Sharpening for Woodworkers (pages 120 and 121) Ron explains that skew, "T" and spokeshave blades may take some creativity in setting the blade squarely in a honing guide. Using a neglected Stanley #151 Ron goes on to describe how to take apart, clean and sharpen a spokeshave making it better than new.

TO READ MORE..

FYI: The Perfect Edge

is now available in paperback only.

IN-THE-SPOTLIGHT:
Spokeshave Kits and Assemblies.

Depending on your woodworking style and aesthetic, sooner or later you'll likely have to shape a concave or convex curve; sometimes one on top of the other, as in a cabriole leg or other curved structure. These arcs and rounded forms in wood require spokeshaves to shape and smooth them.

Hock Tools Spokeshave Kit, #KSP062, retails for $79.50.

The Hock Tools Spokeshave Kit makes it easy and fun to get just the right fit for your hands, plus the benefits of making something yourself.

(Of course Hock Tools

also carries spokeshave blades.)

TO READ MORE..

Mike Morton makes terrific woodworking videos well worth watching. He built one of our Spokeshave Kits and takes you through the whole process. Just click on Mike to view.

Greetings!

Ron Hock

I used to tell everyone that woodworking is a winter thing. So, why are we so busy this summer? All I can say is thank you. Being busy with woodworkers brings with it a high level of satisfaction.

This is our second Q&A issue. Our tool designer and kit maker Isaac Fisher answers a pithy radiused-edge versus a convex surface question. His step-by-step answer is greatly informative.

Linda's gathering questions. So, please feel free to send yours to linda@hocktools.com. I'm responsible for your questions concerning metal and Isaac will field your woodworker questions. Keep 'em coming!

Please don't forget the Newsletter Archive. (You'll see a link to it in the Quick Links section to the upper left here). Once you have clicked through, you will see the contents of each issue.

And, of course, please let me know if you need anything from Hock Tools.

Sincerely,

Ron Hock

Hock Tools

(888) 282-5233

(707) 964-2782

Q & A: Help with radius of plane iron for convex shape of wooden bucket staves.

Here at Sharp & to The Point we toggle our
Q&A Issues
between Ron, who answers metal related questions, and Isaac Fisher, who answers woodworker related questions. You may know Isaac from his helpful video about shaping planes to fit your hands and woodworking projects. Isaac comes from an architecture background and makes his living as a woodworker and cabinetmaker. He helps design tools for Hock Tools (notably our popular scratch stock), builds all of our kits, and is otherwise a total maven when it comes to working wood. This issue features a question for Isaac.

	When Jim Borland of Jimmy Buckets Coopered Items began building the beautiful wooden buckets he now sells, he ran into a problem involving radius plane irons and convex shapes. This question continues to possess a lot of "meat," which is matched by Isaac's step-by-step solution.
Jim's round bottomed plane doesn't fit the stave.