Your jointer blade sharpener includes two additional thumbnuts.
These serve as position stops to make repeated clamping (such as
when sharpening several blades from the same machine) quick and
easy. Once the fi rst blade is clamped, slide the two stops against
the back of the blade and tighten. When you
change blades, loosen only the clamps
and slide the next blade to be sharpened
against the stops.
Clamping Hand Plane Blades
Loosen the thumbnuts securing the clamps on the jointer blade
sharpener. Turn two clamps sideways so that the short legs point
toward each other. Position the plane blade with the bevel down,
under the short leg of each clamp, and lightly tighten the thumbnuts.
It may be necessary to move one or more of the clamps to any of the
fi ve slots in order to accommodate various blade widths.
Set the blade by eye (as described above) or use the penny method.
Once properly positioned, tighten the thumbnuts.
Adjust the Bevel Angle
With the blade fi rmly clamped in place and the jointer blade sharpener
resting on a fl at surface, note the contact angle of the blade bevel from
the side view. Loosen the locking nut and turn the adjusting screw
until the bevel is parallel to the surface. You can check your bevel-
angle setting by giving the jointer blade sharpener a few strokes on
the abrasive sheet and note if material is being removed from the
heel or the toe of the blade. Make slight adjustments accordingly.
Note that the tip of the adjusting screw is meant to rub on the fl at
surface, not the abrasive sheet.
Position Stops
Figure 6: Using the position stops.
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