Post #452744 by Benzart on Sat, May 9, 2009 2:23 PM

Nice tools T-Mec, and you speak the truth about making multiple Passes to get to the intended depth and width. Hiltiki, the 90 deg v parting tools are usally the least popular as most folks want the narrower cut since multiple passes with the 90 degree tool ends up pretty wide and shallow of a cut.

Keep in mind also when going across the grain or in circular cuts that you Need to go in one direction on one side of the cut and the opposite direction on the other side. For those who ask why? One side will be going With the grain on one side and Against the grain on the other so what I usually do is make the cut in 3 passes; one down the center taking the first third and then one cut in each direction to clean the cut and Maybe a 4th cut to get the bottom right.

V-tools, V-Parting tools and V-liner tools all being the same, they are Complicated tools and probably the Worse sharpened tool in your box. If you look, there are 3 separate parts to the chisel; 2 sides made up of actually 2 straight chisels , connected by a regular small gouge. It's that little gouge part that usually fails to get sharpened correctly and so it will usually be found protruding like a beak hence it's called a birds beak in that situation. It must be sharpened just the same as a normal rounded gouge making sure it connects to both Flat sides evenly. Failure to do this will usually result in that "Beak" being broken off and damaging the chisel.
Hope this helps