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Honing Guide
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Accommodates blade widths from 1.6mm to 67mm (1/16'' to 2-5/8'')Threaded bolt tightens and loosens the guidHolds chisels and plane irons in a set positionCommon projections are clearly stamped on the side of guide
Specs:
Height1.57 Inches
Length5.12 Inches
Weight0.55 Pounds
Width4.33 Inches

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Found 2 comments on Honing Guide:

u/TomVa ยท 1 pointr/woodworking

I recommend that you spend the extra $34 and get the following setup.

http://www.amazon.com/Norton-Waterstone-Starter-Kit-flattening/dp/B000XK0FMU/ref=sr_1_3?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1448929859&sr=1-3&keywords=waterstone

On a honing guide like this one.

http://www.amazon.com/Rockler-Honing-Guide/dp/B001DSXGM2/ref=sr_1_6?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1448929972&sr=1-6&keywords=honing+guide

You need to check to make sure that the distances on the packaging really gives you the proper angle. In the end I purchased a Vertitas guide

u/NoCleverNickname ยท 1 pointr/woodworking

Honing guides are great. I use this one. It's not that freehand sharpening is impossible or anything, but the guide helps your bevels stay consistent while you're working them. That makes it go pretty quick.

Google the "scary sharp" method. Your stones might not go to a very high grit. If that's the case then you won't get the best edge possible. Also don't forget to flatten the backs of your irons and chisels. Only the bit nearest the edge needs to be polished that finely. All that matters is that you have two mirror smooth surfaces that meet each other at an angle and vanish into nothing where they meet.

See: what the back should look like, and what your bevel should look like compared to a new chisel out of the box with only the coarse factory grind.

The #4 smoother at HD is a Buck Brothers, right? One huge problem with that design is that the mouth is wide open, which isn't great for smoothing. Ideally the tip of the blade should have an extremely tight clearance against the front of the mouth. This forces the wood fibers to stay down until the very last instant before they are lifted up by the blade. This helps to prevent tearout, and forces the shavings to be extremely fine.

The plane will also need to have its sole (bottom) flattened. The manufacturing on these is pretty dodgy so it's likely to be kinda rough. You might need to start with a very coarse grit like 80, but 220 is a fine grit to stop at once you have a uniform scratch pattern. After that, put some non-silicone paste wax on the sole, wait a few minutes and rub it off.

That, combined with your freshly sharp blade should make that plane as good as it can be.

So yeah, a Buck Brothers from HD will never out perform a good vintage #4 or something super expensive like a Lie Nielsen, but this will give you great practice tuning up your tools so that you'll have the confidence and skills to tune up nicer planes down the road. Here's a few other tips worth remembering, from the guy I bought my smoother from.

Cheers.