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| Finest abrasives. | ||
| Microbevels front and back. | ||
| Use a jig. | ||
| Copyright (c) 2002-08, Brent Beach |
Test Summary
A High Speed Steel blade from an Australian company that made blades only for a short period of time.The edge was durable, but did not remain smooth.
Academy Saw Works
This company made some blades for Bailey style planes that performed well on Australian hardwoods, in tests conducted by an Australian woodworking magazine. There was a post on rec.woodworking that outlined the magazine article.The Test
March 10, 2002.As with all my other tests, I honed three front and back bevels using 15, 5, and 0.5 micron 3M abrasive paper.
| The front bevel, 200 X magnification, after the 0.5 micron paper. The deep looking scratches on the 0.5 microbevel are a result not of honing, but of how I cleaned the blade before taking the picture: I rubbed it off only my palm. I guess I was getting little bits of grit on my palm from sharpening and those bits of grit were scratching up the 0.5 micron bevel. After many tests I finally figured this out. Tests after April 21, 2002, do not have these extra little scratches in the 0.5 micron bevel. |
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The front bevel, 200 X magnification, after 100 passes along 4 foot douglas-fir board. The wear bevel is about 3 pixels wide, but is irregular.
Notice that the 0.5 micron bevel is getting more scratched as I continue to clean the blade on my palm before taking the picture. |
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| The front bevel, 200 X magnification, after 200 passes. The wear bevel is about 5 pixels wide, but irregular. |
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