until I took advice from @darrenking who advised it should be a turned edge like a hand held scraper and not sharpened like an ordinary plane blade. I

I don't even know how to sharpen an ordinary plane, so lots for me to learn still..
I think hat is where my next focus will ( or must be )
Learning to sharpen my chisels, planes and scrapers.

Thanks for the explanation @rocknroller912!

@darrenking

Oops you can tell I didn’t do metalwork at school. I should know the difference though and you were correct. Learning the correct way to sharpen the blade was a game changer.

@koendb

You won’t be surprised if I say that Mark has a video on it

You won’t be surprised if I say that Mark has a video on it

I know! I have seen that one, must watch it again though 🙂

@koendb

You need good quality to start with. It’s impossible to get an edge on soft metal.  
Do you have any particular brand names or a collection of older ones.

Do you have any particular brand names or a collection of older ones.

@rocknroller912 No big brands, I have 4 chisels from Kreators, a block plane and a #4 plane from HBM, a dutch hardware store. 
A set of Pax scrapers I bought from TLC GuitarGoods In Holland. And now , of course the curved chisel from Mark and Carol.

@koendb

You have the same block plane as me with adjustable mouth which is great for avoiding tear out. A sharpening roller guide for holding the blade and getting the angle correct is essential in my opinion, it gets a square edge and saves your fingers.

 Do you know how to turn an edge on the scrapers ? There will be lots of utube videos if you don’t.

Do you know how to turn an edge on the scrapers ? There will be lots of utube videos if you don’t.

@Rocknroller912 Yeah I have seen a lot of youtube videos on the subject already. I just need to do it at some point. (or at least try it)  🙂
That rolling guide, do you mean that honing thingie that keeps the blade in the correct angle? like this:

You won’t be surprised if I say that Mark has a video on it

Yes @koendb, that roller thingie is a honing guide and they are essential unless you’re really good at doing it by hand. Make sure to buy one that’s wide enough for your biggest blade and has a wide roller on the bottom to keep you from tipping.

Make sure to buy one that’s wide enough for your biggest blade and has a wide roller on the bottom to keep you from tipping.

@mattbeels I just bought these:

https://www.amazon.nl/gp/product/B000X2935S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and this:

https://www.amazon.nl/gp/product/B015JMIPP0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

Hopefully they will do the trick good enough

@koendb

Thats the one make sure you have the blade securely held

Later today, I should receive the honing guide and diamond sharpening stone, but in the meantime BPost delivered this :

 Unfortunately , it has the wrong power plug

Fortunately it is 220V and I happen to have some adapters laying around.

But I think I am going to make a fixture (plywood base) for it.
It is not really stable on its own and I bet if I push the sides against it, it will tip over.
I will then swap the plug with a switch (+ fuse perhaps? ) and a CEE7/7 plug.

I am not quite at the stage of bending the sides, and I could have made my own, but since I don't have pipe material, nor a good heat source to use, this 90 Euro  was well spent (I think).

@koendb. Nice. A side bender is on my short list of the next tool I want to buy. I have my "heat gun in a pipe" and it works but it would be nice to use something that doesn't heat up the belly when in use. I have some padding/relaxed muscle there but thats not how I want to lose a bit. 🙂

In the meantime I've been busy making a workboard and a shim...

Sharpening my planer blades and a chisel on a relaxing saturday morning

And bought some more toys and parts...

I forgot to take a picture of my shooting and joining boards. Oh well I will take some pics tomorrow.
For now I hope the glue up of my soundboard will work out fine, wish me luck 🙂

So I removed the wedges and clamps and it seems like the glue up succeeded, but there now seems to be a slight curve in the board. Is that a problem? 

EDIT: Well apparently it did correct itself after a while, it now is pretty straight. Could this have happened because I had the wedges too tight?

@koendb. I would think that a slight curve to the board would not cause any problems. The board is thin enough that when you glue the thick braces on it will take that shape. If the wedges were too tight I would think you would see damage on the edges that the wedges were touching. It may have compressed the grain a little bit I don't think it would be too much. 

And the back is glued as well

@koendb nice grain on the back panel. 🙂

Posted by: @bpower

nice grain on the back panel.

Yes indeed, it looks good. Hopefully I can do it justice and make a workable and enjoyable instrument 😊