Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago

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Want to be able to sharpen a plane blade in 60 seconds or less? This masterclass teaches you everything you need to know from geometry and preparation to grinding and polishing.

📝 See The Supporting Blog Here! (Extra Info)
freeonlinewoodworkingschool.com/how-to-sharpen-a-plane-blade
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RECOMMENDED VIDEO:
👉How To Setup a Handplane | Matt Estlea (2022)
youtu.be/KrXQzjANuCA
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PRODUCTS RECOMMENDED IN THIS VIDEO:
🔸 Japanese Waterstone
mattestlea.com/bester-1000/6000-stone
🔸 Waterstone/Oilstone Flattening Plate
mattestlea.com/dmt-flattening-plate
🔸 Affordable Diamond Stone
mattestlea.com/double-sided-diamond-stone
🔸 DMT Coarse Diamand Stone
mattestlea.com/DMT-Coarse-Diamond-Stone

🔸 Tormek T8
mattestlea.com/Tormek-T8
🔸 Tormek T4
mattestlea.com/Tormek-T4
🔸 Belt Linisher
mattestlea.com/Belt-Linishers

🔸 Lie-Nielsen Honing Guide
mattestlea.com/lie-nielsen-honing-guide
🔸 Veritas Honing Guide
mattestlea.com/Veritas-Side-Clamping-Honing-Guide
🔸 Eclipse Honing Guide
mattestlea.com/honing-guide

🔸 Plane Screwdriver
mattestlea.com/plane-screwdriver
🔸 Leather Strop
mattestlea.com/green-elephant-strop
🔸 Protective Oil
mattestlea.com/camelia-oil
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CHAPTERS:
😤 Getting Impatient? Skip to the good stuff below: ⬇️
00:00 Intro
00:28 What You'll Learn
02:13 Geometry
04:42 Grinding
06:56 Lapping
09:29 The Ruler Trick
13:48 Hollow Grinding
14:28 Honing
16:00 Producing a Camber
17:33 Polishing Explained
18:48 Matts Story
19:10 Polishing
20:15 Camber Demonstration
21:10 When To Use a Camber
21:42 Maintaining a Camber
22:30 Full Demonstration
23:30 Outro
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MY FREE ONLINE COURSES:
🚀 Purchasing and Using Tools Correctly
freeonlinewoodworkingschool.com/tutorials/tutorials-hand-tools
🎁 How To Make a Dovetailed Box:
freeonlinewoodworkingschool.com/projects/the-dovetail-box
🛠 How To Make a Cabinet:
freeonlinewoodworkingschool.com/projects/the-cabinet
🧰 How To Make a Toolbox:
freeonlinewoodworkingschool.com/projects/the-toolbox
✏️ How To Design Furniture
freeonlinewoodworkingschool.com/projects/the-sketchup-series
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WOODWORKING BOOKS I RECOMMEND:
📘 Collins Complete Woodworkers Manual
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📖 Workbenches: Design & Theory to Construction & Use
mattestlea.com/workbenches-book
📚 The Overstory - My Favourite Fiction Books about Trees
mattestlea.com/the-overstory
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MY FAVOURITE TOOLS:
🛠️ Knew Concepts Fret Saw
mattestlea.com/knew-concepts-saw
⬜️ Faithfull Engineers Squares
mattestlea.com/faithfull-engineers-squares
⚙️ Veritas Wheel Marking Gauge
mattestlea.com/veritas-wheel-marking-gauge
🗡 Precision Marking Knife
mattestlea.com/markingknife
🎥 Lumix S1H Mirrorless Camera
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🔍 See EVERYTHING I Recommend HERE:
mattestlea.com/equipment

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🕵️‍♂️ WHO AM I?:
My name is Matt Estlea and I’m a Woodworker from Basingstoke, England. My aim is to make your woodworking less s***.

I come from 5 years of TRAINING at Rycotewood Furniture Centre in Oxford, 5 years of experience WORKING at Axminster Tools and Machinery in Basingstoke, and 3 years TEACHING both day classes and evening classes at Rycotewood Furniture Centre. All while trying to get this YouTube thing off the ground.

By September 2021, I packed it all in to focus on YouTube and my business full-time.

Want to know more about how I crammed all this experience into such a short period of time? See my experience and qualifications here:
🎓 mattestlea.com/blog/my-qualifications-experience-and-achievements

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GET IN TOUCH:
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