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Edition: 2006.1
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Selecting & Sharpening your V Tool:
Contents
Giving & Receiving...  
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1 Introduction  
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1.2   how best to use this manual 
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1.3   your path to success! 
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1.4   what’s your problem? 
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1.5   bedrock: 4 good questions... 
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2.1   what is a V tool? 
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2.2   what can V tools do for  me
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2.3   variations on a theme 
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2.4   which V tool do I need? 
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2.5   who makes the best? 
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2.6   well-made V tools: checklist 
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2.6.1   Steel  
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2.6.2   Surface Finish  
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2.6.3   Blade  
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2.6.4   Sidewall thickness  
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2.6.5   Thin Side walls  
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2.6.6   V channel alignment  
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2.6.7   Flat Inner Faces  
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2.6.8   The Keel  
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3 Sharpening Equipment  
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3.1   what you’ll need 
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3.2   bench grinders 
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1.1   my aims for this manual 
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2 The V Tool  
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3.3   shaping benchstone 
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3.4   inishing benchstone 
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3.5   inishing slipstone 
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4.1   the sharpening process 
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4.2   what we are aiming at... 
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4.3   checking your progress 
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4.4   step 1:  square the edge 
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4.5   step 2:  polish the edge 
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4.6   step 3:  set the keel angle 
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4.7   step 4:  set the bevel angles 
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4.8   step 5:  sharpen the sides 
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4.9   step 6:  sharpening the apex 
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4.10   step 7:  testing the edge 
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4.11   step 8:  stropping 
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4.12   other shapes of V tool 
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5 Next Steps  
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5.2   looking after your V tool 
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5.3   where to go from here 
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6 Checklists for Printing  
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7 Learning to Carve with Chris Pye   95
7.1   One-2-One Personal Tuition  with   Chris Pye   96
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3.6   strops 
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4 Sharpening  
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5.1   maintaining sharpness 
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Acknowledgement
I am very grateful indeed to my friend Mark Kimble for so generously proof-reading this manual,
and in such a sensitive, painstaking and compassionate manner.
Photo courtesy of Les Rosenau, SeaCoast Woodworkers.
Disclaimer
Although I have highlighted many safety aspects, I cannot know of the particular circumstances
under which you follow this course of instruction, nor the attitudes with which you undertake it.
I accept no legal responsibility whatsoever for any consequence arising from the application of
information, advice or instruction given in this publication.
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Giving & Receiving...  
In return for downloading his free woodcarving manual, beneiting from my work and the contents,
you agreed to make a donation to charity on my behalf.
Please, don’t forget!
Personally, I would appreciate it if you made your donation to Amnesty International but you are
free to give what you want and to wherever you want, balancing what you feel you are receiving.
I leave it to you and thank you very much!
Chris Pye
Choose to donate to  Amnesty International .
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