Learn how to sharpen knives, scissors, drill bits, chisels, mower blades, and more at home with this step-by-step tool-sharpening PDF.

To sharpen an auger bit, you need a specialized auger-bit file. Hold the auger bit upright in a vise, then file the bit’s lip with the file’s edge [1]. Turn the auger bit in the vise and sharpen the ...

Certain 19th-century chisels from makers like Buck Brothers and Witherby now sell for hundreds of dollars — more than many modern power tool sets. Pre-1950s chisels were forged from high-carbon steel ...

A well-tuned hand plane could produce a glass-smooth surface faster than the belt sanders available before 1970, and skilled carpenters knew exactly how to get there. The brace and bit offered torque ...

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When Dave Hartley was a young man, his father built him and his brother hand-crafted flintlock rifles. It was a gift Hartley would always cherish. Growing up in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, Hartley ...