Changing bevel angle, preferred method?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 4:42 am
Now that I have a few Kanna, I wanted to explore the idea of changing the bevel angle to suit the work I intend to do with them. They're all currently honed to 25 degrees, with all the Kanna having around 38 degree bedding.
I'm considering changing the roughing.intermediate planes to around 27-29 degrees to better cope with medium hardwoods whilst retaining one acute for softwood smoothing and another around 27-29 for hardwood smoothing. I may attempt to make different bedding angle dai at another stage.
What's perhaps the usual way to change the bevel angle of a kanna and even nomi? In the past I've resorted to a grinder, which I don't particularly like, given the high chance of overheating the blade. As for stones, the thread below mentions grits around 120, but are these usually used with a jig to change bevel angles such as the Grintec K2? I'm assuming if I choose this route of stones, then I would require something along the lines of the Grintec for kanna blades, and a Veritas jig for Nomi? I've also noticed that perhaps a Tormek whetstone grinder may be an option. Anyone use one of these?
Thanks,
Vips
I'm considering changing the roughing.intermediate planes to around 27-29 degrees to better cope with medium hardwoods whilst retaining one acute for softwood smoothing and another around 27-29 for hardwood smoothing. I may attempt to make different bedding angle dai at another stage.
What's perhaps the usual way to change the bevel angle of a kanna and even nomi? In the past I've resorted to a grinder, which I don't particularly like, given the high chance of overheating the blade. As for stones, the thread below mentions grits around 120, but are these usually used with a jig to change bevel angles such as the Grintec K2? I'm assuming if I choose this route of stones, then I would require something along the lines of the Grintec for kanna blades, and a Veritas jig for Nomi? I've also noticed that perhaps a Tormek whetstone grinder may be an option. Anyone use one of these?
Thanks,
Vips