27. Chamfers — or Bevels?

What's the difference, whether on straight or curved edges?

[Alex-boje]

Your videos are so educational. I feel like I am disrespecting woodworking every time I use a drill! Thanks for such a great perspective with hand tools, and the ways woodworkers approached their craft.

[creamcheese]

just discovered chamfers today and i have to say i am mighty impressed.

[daveyjoweaver]

All the years I’ve been woodworking and only now discovered your channel. I have well over a hundred planes and use them often. Like you I’ve collected them at auctions, flea markets, garage sales and thrift shops. I do have a router that I rarely use except for a bird house or lawn chair. But even in these cases I often use a plane. I find the time I spend making a molding for a cabinet is much faster, quiter, safer and far more satisfying than expensive power tools. Fortunately I had a mentor born in 1889 who also provided me with some planes along with much knowledge. Kind Thanks for your beautiful works and knowledge. I do my best to help those interested in these ancient methods and joys of this art and respect for the wood and tools. Many Blessings and Shavings! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

[pettere]

The "read more in my book"-plugs are so much more pleasant than the sponsorship plugs.

[chiplane]

Graham, I watch all your videos - there is always a new point or technique to which I have not been exposed. I enjoy the facts that your videos deal with a particular aspect of woodworking, are short in length and yet always seem to offer something new. Nicely done! Keep them coming!

[MCsCreations]

Fantastic! Thanks a bunch for the lesson, Graham! 😃
I didn't know about last one! Fantastic indeed!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[FrenchFarmhouseDiaries]

Hi Graham you have some wonderful old Carpenters tools there thanks for sharing the bodger was actually called the chair bodger and they only made the turned parts of a chair they worked in the woods right next to the trees they used wood in the green as we say it all started in Buckinghamshire in England then spread north calling highly skilled wood turners Bodgers also the tool you call a broad Knife we call a draw knife which was said to be first conceived by the Norsemen or Vikings as we know them in possibly Viking East of England and Viking Russia the broad knife is a modern term for a wide filling knife for using say Tetron filler or polycell filler and the like hope this helps buddy all the best Budo from French farmhouse diaries 🍺🤠👍

[ArchEdge]

Thank you Graham - I use Chamfers frequently at work, and even i didnt know they technically needed to be equal on both sides.. Another great video, and i look forward to recieving your book that i ordered 🙂

[dyderich]

Every time I watch one of your videos it reminds me I need to sharpen all my plane irons and chisels. Thanks for another great video.

[sigogglin]

I am enjoying your channel and have subscribed!

[egglyph]

Great video Mr. Blackburn, as always! Any chances we could have a "build along" series that puts this all into a practical context? Could be something simple, like that little paneled chest from one of your books.

[craigtanner]

Thank you Graham! I’ve been looking for your type of wonderful, educational, and easily understandable hand tool show for many years. I have learned more about the tools that I have, and love, and their use from your program, and am ordering a copy of your book! Please keep them coming. I really look forward to the next one!

[eddienew]

Chamfering is also known, in the U.K., as removing the arris.

[haroldschultz]

Great job as always Graham , I believe you've convinced me to purchase a copy of one of your publications . Cheers and God bless

[ryansmith]

Awesome stuff much improved camera operation as well

[tuffymartinez]

👍THANK YOU GRAHAM BLACKBURN 👍 Always A#1....TM

[rottenmeat]

Came for the woodworking, stayed for the puns. 👍

[thomashverring]

Always a pleasure to watch a video from you. I look forward to it and is very pleased when I see a new one is premiering.

I'm going to buy the five books in your series soon when I've acquired some better saws and a few other things for a project. And I've found Tage Frid's book as well! That's a little pricey but no more than buying the five of yours of course.

You recommended me Frid's book in an earlier conversation we had here in the comments. I mentioned that I'm trying to build up a vocabulary of traditional Danish woodworking—which is surprisingly difficult. However, I've come across a project by, a now sadly deceased, gentleman who was working on exactly the same, or rather, on preserving the vocabulary of the tradition. His project was generally unknown to most people and did only exist as an ongoing project on his personal website. That website doesn't exist anymore but it was thankfully preserved on the Internet Archive.

Becoming frustrated by reading his work on the Internet Archive and all the problems the transfer from his personal website to the Archive had resulted in, I decided to simply copy the text to a document. Then I begun editing it. And then I realized that this has to become a proper book. I have many things to consider and a lot of work. I also need to know if there are any copyright issues, although I doubt it. This book will be dedicated to the original author who begun the work more than two decades ago. And finishing his work will take me years. But I really like the idea of doing this. I've been thinking about how I wanted to do something to protect the old woodworking tradition of Denmark and this is the perfect project.

[athmostafa]

Thanks for sharing such gorgeous old tools, I really like that champer spoke shave, where can I get one ???!

[sanjaraejour]

So all chamfers are bevels, but not all bevels are chamfers. Much like all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.