Sharpening: A Woodworker’s Guide takes one of the most important aspects of maintaining a successful workshop and breaks it down into all of key areas in an easily-accessible manner. Keeping tools sharp is one of the most fundamentally important disciplines to ensure top-quality results, and this book will show you how. Author Randall Maxey aims Sharpening: A Woodworker’s Guide at woodworkers of all levels by breaking the topic into three main sections: sharpening by hand, machine sharpening and putting the theory into practice. Traditional sharpening techniques and tools are covered, as well as those using the latest innovations for both hand and machine sharpening. Areas covered include: sharpening with oilstones, waterstones and diamond stones; correct methods for holding tools; power grinders and grinding wheels; using jigs and tool rests.144 pages, Softcover, ISBN: 9781784944407.

• Discusses sharpening by hand and machine, as well as putting theory into practice
• Explains the use of the use of oilstones, waterstones and diamond stones for sharpening
• Covers methods for holding tools, power grinders, grinding wheels and using jigs and tool rests