Name: Richard Raffan on why a tool can suddenly lose its edge @RichardRaffanwoodturning
Uploaded: 2024-07-18T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: If your chisel or gouge suddenly loses its edge as youre slicing wood cleanly, thats usually because youve hit something hard in the wood. Heres how to spot silica that often does the damage.

Richard Raffan | Richard Raffan salvages split woodturning blanks @RichardRaffanwoodturning | Uploaded May 2023 | Updated October 2024, 15 minutes ago.
When a turning blanks splits, I can usually work around the defects and salvage a few smaller blanks for other projects as I do here. These two blanks are typical.

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Richard Raffan on why a tool can suddenly lose its edge