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It took lots of repetition honing, stropping, going through setup, realizing the chip breaker was right on the edge of the blade, repeat, new error. The first picture is progress: small and crunchy, long and crinkley, long and papery.

Sharpening using Atoma 400/600/1200 diamond plates + a strop I had around. I found Wood By Wright's setup video helpful and have been enjoying Rex Kreuger's videos on sharpening and other things.

I worked so hard for these shavings, surely there's something fun to do with them.

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[-] IMALlama@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Nice work! A little wood paste wax on the sole will make the plane a lot easier to push. Wood paste was is also nice to put on the surface of your table saw if you have one.

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