Millers Falls No 1 Cigar Tutorial Requested

[Alan Turner]

Dave,
You voluntered a tutorial for the cigar shave by Millers Falls to Tyler. I for one would appreciate it. I bought one, used of course, and tried to make it work, didn't, then got sidetracked. A lesson on this finicky guy would be appreciated.
Alan

[Dave Anderson NH]

I'll try to put something together this week and to keep the pix police happy I'll take a coupla photos. It's a finicky process to learn on your own, but once you understand the geometry involved, it's not bad at all. Pix and/or sketches make things much simpler to understand.

[Tyler Howell]

A light! There's hope! Thanks Dave.

[Leif Hanson]

While waiting for Dave's enlightening tutorial, here's something to whet the appetite:

http://www.brendlers.net/oldtools/cigar.htm

Still looking forward to Dave's explanations, though. I've wanted one of those little guys for a long time...

Leif

[Pam Niedermayer]

Meanwhile, here's an article (http://www.brendlers.net/oldtools/cigar.htm) from the Old Tools group, written by Ralph Brendler and Ray Smith. Be sure and look for the link to Ray Smith's sharpening page about half way down the first page.

I, too, am looking forward to Dave's writeup with all the photos.

Pam

[Bob Smalser]

David Sobel down in Florida has a detailed tutorial coming out in Woodwork magazine on making a Millers Falls cigar shave copy that I was one of the reviewers on....it includes fabricating and hardening the blade.

He doesn't know which issue it'll be published in yet, and I can't release any of it of course.