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Bit of help required chaps,

Having amassed a few blunt wood turning tools I decided to get one of these complete with jig kit.
I tried it out for the first time today, and thought it would start with an old Stanley wood chisel. I was initially very pleased as it reprofiled the chisel in short order and it looked very neat.
However, when I looked at the cutting edge, it was blunt, with the very tip square to the base about 0.5mm wide. I repeated the exercise with another chisel and whilst it superficially looked good, it too had a 0.5mm flat on the cutting edge.
I tried using more/less pressure, but I couldn’t reduce the effect, and seem to have purchased a chisel blunter rather than a sharpener
The unit itself came with only 120g belts, do I need a finer grit to get a sharper edge or am I doing something stupid?

<blockquote data-quote="Ballistol" data-source="post: 373034" data-attributes="member: 3657">Bit of help required chaps, Having amassed a few blunt wood turning tools I decided to get one of these complete with jig kit.I tried it out for the first time today, and thought it would start with an old Stanley wood chisel. I was initially very pleased as it reprofiled the chisel in short order and it looked very neat.However, when I looked at the cutting edge, it was blunt, with the very tip square to the base about 0.5mm wide. I repeated the exercise with another chisel and whilst it superficially looked good, it too had a 0.5mm flat on the cutting edge.&nbsp; I tried using more/less pressure, but I couldn’t reduce the effect, and seem to have purchased a chisel blunter rather than a sharpener <img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/chuckling-gesture-smiley-emoticon.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":chuckle:" title="Chuckle&nbsp; &nbsp; :chuckle:" data-shortname=":chuckle:" />The unit itself came with only 120g belts, do I need a finer grit to get a sharper edge or am I doing something stupid?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ballistol, post: 373034, member: 3657"] Bit of help required chaps, Having amassed a few blunt wood turning tools I decided to get one of these complete with jig kit. I tried it out for the first time today, and thought it would start with an old Stanley wood chisel. I was initially very pleased as it reprofiled the chisel in short order and it looked very neat. However, when I looked at the cutting edge, it was blunt, with the very tip square to the base about 0.5mm wide. I repeated the exercise with another chisel and whilst it superficially looked good, it too had a 0.5mm flat on the cutting edge. I tried using more/less pressure, but I couldn’t reduce the effect, and seem to have purchased a chisel blunter rather than a sharpener :chuckle: The unit itself came with only 120g belts, do I need a finer grit to get a sharper edge or am I doing something stupid? [/QUOTE]

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