{"id":8174,"date":"2025-10-06T05:08:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T09:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/?p=8174"},"modified":"2025-10-06T05:08:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T09:08:39","slug":"wooden-angle-gauges-for-hand-sharpening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/06\/wooden-angle-gauges-for-hand-sharpening\/","title":{"rendered":"Wooden angle gauges for hand sharpening"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here are the angle gauges that I use for the method discussed in the previous post.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The size<\/strong> for all is about 4 1\/2\u201d long, 1 1\/2\u201d wide, and 1\/2\u201d thick \u00a0and made from cherry or African mahogany. They about 10 to 20 years old.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The sharpening angle goes back about 1\u201d for all<\/strong> the angle gauge sizes. Therefore, its height varies based on the angle. Height is about 1\/2\u201d for the 25\u00b0 gauge but 1 3\/32\u201d for the 48\u00b0 gauge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, these give working consistency<\/strong> except for the angle itself.<\/p>\n

These are easiest to make with the table saw using straight, square, level wood. Please work cautiously!<\/strong> You make the method but work from long pieces so your hands are nowhere near the blade and pushing path. Make no chance of slipping on the angle holding setup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I have a spaced holder for them to stay neat and handy. As mentioned in the previous post, I do not suggest going by my nerdy 1\/2\u00b0 amounts for 27 1\/2 and 32 1\/2. It does not matter. 27\u00b0 and 32\u00b0 would be just fine, or whatever else you might prefer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking at the photo carefully, you can note that I measured the actual angle in each gauge. It is off a bit. That does not matter. I am using the same gauges each time sharpening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They will last a very long time.<\/p>\n

Next post: <\/strong>to discuss an angle holding gauge which I do use, though as I mentioned in the previous post, just a minority of the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are the angle gauges that I use for the method discussed in the previous post.\u00a0 The size for all is about 4 1\/2\u201d long, 1 1\/2\u201d wide, and 1\/2\u201d thick \u00a0and made from cherry or African mahogany. They about 10 to 20 years old.\u00a0 The sharpening angle goes back about 1\u201d for all the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jigs-and-fixtures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8174"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8189,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174\/revisions\/8189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}