Brian Buckley
05-08-2005, 5:46 PM
I just returned from the David Charlesworth seminar at Lie-Nielsen. David's seminar was on makeing half blind dovetails. We spent the first couple of hours on the hows and whys of sharpening chisels. He also discussed the merits and faults of various types and brands of chisels. As you would expect he can sharpen a chisel sharper than a "Wilkinson Razor Blade". Besides haveing to be very sharp, it must have a dead flat back and a perfectly square edge. David made the whole process seem simple. He is a very very good teacher with a wonderful sense of humor.
The entire staff at Lie-Nielsen (includeing Tom) is as first class as you can get. It was great to put faces with the names of all the people I have spoken to on the phone. Tom had a box of proto type tools for us to drool over. It included his new medium shoulder plane, skew chisels, marking knife and an improved # 71 plane. The #71 is a beautiful tool , as you would expect. The Neatest thing in Tom's goody box was 3 different sharpening jigs. They will register off of the flat side of the blade rather than the top of the blade.
After spending way to much money on goodies I "NEEDED" and eating some wonderful food I returned to Texas with stars in my eyes.
Brian
The entire staff at Lie-Nielsen (includeing Tom) is as first class as you can get. It was great to put faces with the names of all the people I have spoken to on the phone. Tom had a box of proto type tools for us to drool over. It included his new medium shoulder plane, skew chisels, marking knife and an improved # 71 plane. The #71 is a beautiful tool , as you would expect. The Neatest thing in Tom's goody box was 3 different sharpening jigs. They will register off of the flat side of the blade rather than the top of the blade.
After spending way to much money on goodies I "NEEDED" and eating some wonderful food I returned to Texas with stars in my eyes.
Brian