Found a cheap trick to sharpen my plane blades with sandpaper and glass

I was getting frustrated trying to get a mirror edge on my old Stanley plane blades with a $40 diamond stone that kept wearing out. Tried sticking wet-dry sandpaper (220 to 2000 grit) to a piece of 1/4-inch plate glass from the hardware store, total cost maybe $8. Has anyone else found a way to make their sharpening setup work on the cheap without buying those expensive jigs?

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anna98315h agoMost Upvoted

Glass works but you gotta make sure it's perfectly flat first, most hardware store glass is actually a little wavy.

wright.kevin15h ago

Oh man, that's the secret right there. I've been doing the same thing for years and it works just as good as the expensive stuff.