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Sharp tools work better!
If you've never experienced the pleasure of using a really sharp tool, you're missing one of the real pleasures of woodworking. In The Perfect Edge, the mystery of the elusive sharp edge is solved by the long-time sharpening expert and tool maker Ron Hock. You'll soon find how easy and safe hand tools are to use.
This book covers all the different sharpening methods so you can either improve your sharpening techniques using your existing set-up, or determine which one will best suit your needs and budget. Ron shows you the tricks and offers expert advice to sharpen all your woodworking tools, plus a few around-the-house tools that also deserve a perfect edge.
- Sales Rank: #352199 in Books
- Brand: Popular Woodworking
- Published on: 2012-11-07
- Released on: 2012-11-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 10.88" h x .62" w x 8.25" l, 1.70 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 224 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
About the Author
Ron Hock is the owner of Hock Tools, a twenty-five-year-old cottage industry that makes acknowledged superior blades for planes and other woodworking tools. Hock started the business when, as a struggling knifemaker, students at James Krenov's Fine Woodworking program at The College of the Redwoods in Fort Bragg, California, came to him for plane irons for the wooden planes they were making at the school. He tooled up for plane irons, learned about plane-making and found a niche-market of discerning woodworkers who appreciate a superior tool. In the ensuing quarter-century since making his first plane blades he's learned about tool steel metallurgy, cutting edge geometry, hand woodworking tools and sharpening.
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45 of 49 people found the following review helpful.
Great info for newbies, metallurgy made easy, plus GREAT tips!
By G. Conner
All woodworkers know Ron Hock. He makes and sells superb blades for planes and knives. If you do not yet know him, this book is an introduction and a good way to benefit from his experience.
He starts by explaining what tool-steel is: a combination of iron and a small percentage of carbon. Then he explains the different properties of steel alloys. He describes how steel is made, forged, heat-treated and quenched. He explains how all of those operations affect the steel that tools are made from. Without too much boring background, you can quickly learn what took me decades to learn: how different steels affect tool performance.
Some readers may find this too academic, but I assure you of two things: 1- this is the most "user friendly" introduction to applied metallurgy I have ever seen, and 2-you cannot possibly understand sharpening without knowing at least a little about steel.
If you just love tools and are considering which tools to buy, then metallurgy is fundamental to spending wisely. For that reason alone, I can recommend this book because Ron's knowledge can save you THOUSANDS! (no exaggeration)
Woodworkers are bombarded with ads for a bewildering array of gadgets, machines, abrasives and "sharpening systems." Which one is the right investment? Ron explains them ALL and divides them into categories anyone can understand. You will have to "read between the lines" a bit though. The publishers are wary of offending their advertisers. So Ron must temper his critiques with practical compromises. He can't come outright and say, "this is the best way to sharpen planes" or "This system sucks." He must offer alternatives and show pictures of all manufacturer's products. The reader is left to use Ron's impartial facts and make his own decisions. If you do not like to think for yourself, or rather someone just tell you what to buy, you won't like this book. If you are capable of culling useful facts and applying them, you will gain immensely and save boatloads of cash on tools AND sharpening gear.
BTW: if you prefer to have someone just show you a single system that works well, Get David Charlesworth's book. His system works pretty well for most woodworkers, beginners and pros alike. Though expensive and a bit slow, it is not too expensive or too slow.
For those who have less patience and want to just "pay the fee and get on with it" David's way is faster. Ron's book is for those of us who are still curious and want to know everything about the subject because we are always looking for more efficient or less expensive methods. I have respect for the Old School Skills and know them intimately, but even my Father (born in 1898) would appreciate Ron's practical modern attitude. Also, Ron explains why David's famous "ruler trick" can work for plane blades but is not ideal for chisels.
So if you are new and uninformed, or experienced yet confused by the bewildering array of manufacturer's claims and products, this book will end that confusion quickly. For that alone, the book is worth the cost.
Metallurgy can definitely seem a dreary arcane subject. (I fell asleep during several college lectures) But Ron's focused goal of sharpening keeps avid woodworkers intrigued. Obviously, Ron has spent many years answering woodworkers questions about tool steel in relation to sharpening, so in this work he culled together answers to most woodworker's FAQs. By providing information that relates directly to tool steel, he dramatically shortens your learning curve. I wish i could have had this book 30 years ago. It would have saved me so much time and a ton of homework drudgery.
What I love about the metallurgical truth Mr Hock presents: He debunks common marketing myths about various tool steels. What steel is better? A2 or O1? Why not use HSS or M2 steel for plane blades? Why might a chisel benefit from a different steel than a plane? How flat does a plane's sole have to be? How much time should sharpening take? What IS sharpness? How sharp does this tool really need to be? Why is Chrome-vanadium good for wrenches, but bad for cutting tools?
Ron explains what experienced, educated (and kinda geeky) woodworkers already know, but he presents it in a way that is neither insulting to the reader nor confrontational to the manufacturers.
Speaking of manufacturers: It is painfully obvious that the publishing editors of Popular Woodworking kowtow to their advertisers. This glossy, full-color tome is FULL of product photos for every type of sharpening jig, machine, & gadget. I do not believe this is criminal, but it does add too much "advertising fluff" to an otherwise concise work.
To be truly objective and honest, any book on sharpening should show the results of the various jigs and sharpening systems. Well, at the very end of the book, Ron does exactly that!
Without flatly stating "this system is better or worse", he shows us micro-photographs of cutting edges taken with a scanning electron microscope. Ron (and / or his publishers) actually commissioned Steve Anderson of Sonoma State university to photograph cutting edges after they had been sharpened by various abrasives and methods. If you want to SEE the "plane" truth, get this book solely for the last chapter. It is worth the price of admission JUST for that.
There is one GREAT new tip I got from this book about sharpening scissors; On page 197 Ron shows us a unique new trick for sharpening (actually honing) a pair of scissors with a common tool found in every woodworker's shop: a burnisher.
The tittle of this VERY valuable trick is "HANDY TRICK, sharpen your scissors in three seconds with your burnisher." I sat bolt-upright when I saw this! The single photograph explains how to do it. I immediately went to my kitchen where we have numerous pairs of dull scissors. (A wife, three sons and one daughter can ruin scissor as fast as I buy them.) I tried it. It WORKS!
Do you realize how valuable this one tip is? Most people use scissors in the office or kitchen everyday, or at least once a week. How much frustration does it cause you when they stop cutting well? How much money would you save if you could quickly renew the cutting edge on every pair of scissors in your house a dozen times?
Well, I conservatively figure that in our house, I could save at least $20 a year... not enough to retire with, but that would buy a round of beers or certainly defray the cost of this book. When the twenty pairs of cheap scissors get dull, (or lost) my beloved family members sneak into my shop and "borrow" my good scissors. They inevitably dull the edge on my good pairs, I have to spend infuriated time honing the edges again. For this single tip alone, Ron has done as much for my blood pressure as my nightly glass of wine. THANKS RON!
If you visit his website or buy is products, you'll see Ron Hock is a likable, easy-goin', down-to-Earth guy. He is also very knowledgeable! His writing style is easy-to-read and to-the-point. His video presentations on Plane Kits and other subjects are also succinct, although he made not be an on-screen "natural." ;-) He even brings some humor to these otherwise "dull" subjects. (get it? "dull?" ;-)
Although I could do without the manufacturer & advertiser "fluff", this book is full of solid crucial information if you want to know about sharpening tools. Although I already had a practical education in metallurgy, Ron's unique contribution to literature makes that otherwise dreary subject interesting and pointedly useful to woodworkers. The super-microscopic photos at the end of the book tell the truth, but you have to look for it; the truth doesn't shout out at you so as to avoid offending valuable sponsors.
Even though i already knew much of the material herein, I am delighted i got it as a useful reference for long-forgotten steel-science, and new emerging technology. It is surely one of the most thorough books on sharpening; one of the few that really educates from a foundation in metallurgy. Anyone who owns ANY tools, (including kitchen knives and scissors) will learn something valuable they can use for the rest of their lives.
And for me personally, the "three-second scissor trick" is worth the price. For that alone, Ron deserves some kind of medal... (maybe a "Domestic Tranquility Peace Prize?) Who knows? Some family with many dull-scissor problems might even be spared divorce!
Now, the only remaining question: "From what type of metal shall Ron's medal be made?" A2 or O1? ;-)
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Best information I've read anywhere on tool steel edges
By Timothy N. dePlume
I'm a woodworker who wants to understand more than just the nuts and bolts of how to do things. I like to understand how metal, wood, water, finishes and adhesives behave, at the cellular level, as a way to understand why they do what they do at the macro level. And I love this book! I don't know how I overlooked it earlier. I've had to search everywhere to find useful, accurate information about tool steel edges.
Nearly everything I've found on the internet is either somebody's amateur, second-hand opinion ("Yeah, Rockwell 65 will keep an edge longer, but gimme a good high carbon Sheffield O2 over them brittle Japanese chisels any day") or it's very technical, comparative information designed for manufacturers or metallurgists. Blacksmithing and knife-making websites sometimes have good information, but they usually don't understand the issues woodworkers face. I learned a lot from the Lee and Lie-Nielsen books too (the Lee book and DVD are excellent how-to guides) but this new book by Hock explains things at a level of detail that I really enjoy.
Reading this book will not, by itself, make your tools sharper, but if you're a serious woodworker I'll bet reading it will leave you with a finer appreciation for how your tools work, and for what constitutes an effective cutting edge. The next time you get tear-out from your smoothing plane, you'll understand why and how to correct it. (Even experienced woodworkers often reason, incorrectly, that a LOWER angle of attack is the answer to tear-out.)
The next time you chop a mortise, you'll want to do it more precisely. When you get used to thinking about your craft in a precise way, the quality of your craftsmanship will naturally improve. I look forward to the half hour of peace at the end of each day when I get to read passages from this book.
This book merits an unqualified five stars. If you just want some good practical, introductory guidance on grinding and honing steel edges, though, I would start with the Leonard Lee DVD set and watch the Youtube videos by Deneb Puchalski, and save this book for next year.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
fantastic, detailed book.
By Phycophile
I am a scientist with a woodworking hobby.
This book was wonderful for both the scientist in me and the hobbyist. As a scientist I expect things to be explained as simply as possible (but as Einstein is reported to have said: " ... but not simpler"). This book is among the best I have every read at carrying out both parts of that admonition.
Commonly "how to" books really get the facts wrong, or simply ignore them and give a collection of anecdotes based on the author's experience. I am not discounting these at all because there is often a tremendous amount of hard-won experience in them. But a deeper understanding allows the reader to make decisions based on his/her particular needs and circumstances.
Ron Hock does a masterful job of explaining the metallurgy and physics of the cutting and sharpening processes. I though he made the subject fascinating by itself. For example, I now know why my dining room forks have different magnetic properties than do the knives from the same set.
But this is not just a book on practical physics. Throughout he gave practical suggestions for the sharpening and use of edges for a wide range of tools. At his best, his writing is engaging enough that I wanted to learn new techniques just because this stuff is so cool.
There is a lot here -- this is one of only a few books that I get more out of reading it the second time than the first. But readers can profit from a carefully reading of whichever chapter(s) is(are) more relevant to their interests. And the author has such a clear writing style that the reader can pick and choose those areas to explore further.
I strongly recommend this book to anyone who uses edged tools and wants to get the best from them or anyone who is of a scientific bent and is just curious about the use and maintenance of edged tools.
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