Ster1154
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I recently treated myself to a few Lie-Nielsen bench planes & chisels as well as a few Veritas chisels. For years I'd been using mid-range planes & chisels and am familiar with the amount of prep work that goes into these tools before you first use them (flattening the back / sole, grinding the bevel, honing a microbevel).
I'm eager to get going with these tools but wanted to check if others had experience with them and, if so, what prep work did you do prior using them for the first time? It seems the backs / soles will be dead-on flat from the factory and the bevel should be ground properly. Is all I have to do is run it across a whetstone at the secondary bevel setting to hone that and then be set?
Thanks all!
I'm eager to get going with these tools but wanted to check if others had experience with them and, if so, what prep work did you do prior using them for the first time? It seems the backs / soles will be dead-on flat from the factory and the bevel should be ground properly. Is all I have to do is run it across a whetstone at the secondary bevel setting to hone that and then be set?
Thanks all!