(07-31-2025, 08:21 AM)bandit571 Wrote: Nothing fancy...

What you see, is what I got...

On the Kitchen Counter top...right next to the Kitchen Sink...
I start with 2 clean rags..one to keep the counter clean...the other to keep the irons clean...
Seems a few planes were in need of a decent sharpening...so..
First up...

A 280 grit water stone..working on both the bevel and the back...twice..clean off after each...helps to keep a water bottle handy, too..

Rub the stone with the flattening stone..couple of spritz and away you go...

Next up?

1000 grit...was showing a lot of striations from the edge of the bevel...left behind by the 280?   work both bevel & back,,,clean things off..
Next..

1500 grit stone...again working both faces, twice...Last pass was on the back..


And then, finally...

Finish up with the 6000 grit....

I also made sure that the chipbreaker sit gap free...and is set back about 1mm once the two items are bolted back together...
Install back into the Stanley No. 6c, Type 17..and take it for a test drive on some Soft Maple..
Bring the plane and the shaving back upstairs ( where the tripod mounted camera was)

Calipers said the shaving was around 0.002" thick?

Should be good enough for a Small Jointer Plane...

YMMV, of course...but this is what I use...
Have had to use a grinder on a few irons...mainly a 3 minute trip to flatten the back...I use a free-hand approach, no guides needed..just a pair of old hands.

Just another Sharpening Thread?  We'll see...

(07-31-2025, 07:49 PM)bandit571 Wrote: Well..I could use this for quick touch ups..

Along with the Green Stick Crayon....but, I'd have to clear this end of the bench..polish to edge and back..and then put the Grinder away...

Never got a good edge from the narrow sanding belt machine....although, mine being vertical....makes things a bit ..rough to do...

Usually, I do this sort of sharpening in-between projects...getting things sharpened and cleaned up, and ready to go again...I am rarely in any sort of hurry...
4 stone approach usually last less than 30 minutes, counting clean up and a test drive..

Rare times a plane iron comes in so "bowed up" that I do need a grinder..

I can use the side of a Fine Grinding wheel to get things flat....then the 6" sanding disc to polish this up...as I have a Beltsander/disc sander machine..with a very worn 6" pad....that I really should switch out for a new one...someday...


Usually, the stones are all I need to use,,

As long as the shavings come off the plane like this..

Works for me...

(07-31-2025, 08:56 AM)Timberwolf Wrote: ...............
Sharpening station? I'm letting electrons do the heavy lifting.

(08-07-2025, 08:15 PM)Arlin Eastman Wrote: What grit stone is that Pops