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I’ve not gone mad but probably have close to £1k in sharpening kit alone.
I used to enjoy sharpening my small set of chisels on a set of waterstones, but after a few years of trying to maintain a good edge on a growing collection of carving gouges, I gave in and bought a machine.
One of the best additions to the workshop ever :-)
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I use the Tormek T5 and 2 different diamond ‘stones’ with various jigs. I get great results but the very hard chisels take forever if they get chipped especially the 2” + sizes. Plane blades tend to see less damage and they only get sharpened on the dmt diamond plates. Your little machine looks neat, does it generate any heat in the blade?
Airhead
Planes and router bits are 2 things you can never have enough of! Sharpening tools is a whole thing too. I’ve not gone mad but probably have close to £1k in sharpening kit alone. Occasionally I spend a whole day sharpening. That said I’m at it most days so there are plenty of opportunities to wear an edge out.
I’ve got a really nice veritas apron plane for finer stuff but the record block plane that comes in at around £20 is great value, it’s a little heavier which helps and the adjustment is rudimentary but you can set it with the tap of a hammer when you get used to it. Once you get into the expensive planes they are incredible, very fussy about setup and blade angle but superb at the job. Everyone should have a rebate plane too, very useful for making/adjusting channels.