Long time reader - finally creating an account

[Kurt Owens]

I have been silently lurking around here for a year now. I thought it was about time I create an account and say hello.

Looking forward to future posts!

[Bill Houghton]

Hi! What have you been working on? Pictures, please!

[Frederick Skelly]

Welcome Kurt. Glad to have you join us!
Fred

[Jim Koepke]

Howdy Kurt and welcome to the Creek.

What's on your bench?

jtk

[David Eisenhauer]

Welcome, welcome Kurt. We like photos of dogs and shops, but the best are photos of dogs in shops. Oh, maybe a few project photos would be OK. A quick reminder that forum rules do not allow new account holders to start any sharpening threads at all. You will be advised when it is OK to do so at some point down the road. Please do not try to break the rule. Please.

[Joe Kasier]

Welcome! And I second the rule on sharpening :)

[Kees Heiden]

Hello Kurt.

[Frederick Skelly]

Welcome, welcome Kurt. We like photos of dogs and shops, but the best are photos of dogs in shops. Oh, maybe a few project photos would be OK. A quick reminder that forum rules do not allow new account holders to start any sharpening threads at all. You will be advised when it is OK to do so at some point down the road. Please do not try to break the rule. Please.

You are, however, allowed to search the archives for the oldest thread you can find and then respond to the Originator with a question. This is traditional for new members. You get extra points if the thread is so old that the Originator hasnt visited SMC in more than 6 years. :D:D:D

But absolutely no sharpening threads until advised otherwise.

[Phil Mueller]

Hello Kurt. Glad to have you with us.

[William Fretwell]

That is how new people find this site, searching the net for a specific topic then they find a group as weird as themselves!

[Kurt Owens]

Thanks everyone!


Hi! What have you been working on? Pictures, please!


Howdy Kurt and welcome to the Creek.

What's on your bench?

jtk


I just finished up a large credenza for a friend of mine, and am moving on to a bookshelf. I'll post pictures soon.

[Malcolm Schweizer]

Welcome! Knowledge not shared is lost, so please share.

[Kurt Owens]

But absolutely no sharpening threads until advised otherwise.


The cynic in me wants to post "Advice needed on sharpening my pencils" :cool:

[Jim Koepke]

The cynic in me wants to post "Advice needed on sharpening my pencils" :cool:

That would likely diverge into whether it was a regular #2 pencil or a flat pencil. Then there would be some insisting it should be a #3 pencil and others cheering the benefits of a #1 pencil.

jtk

[Kurt Owens]

That would likely diverge into whether it was a regular #2 pencil or a flat pencil. Then there would be some insisting it should be a #3 pencil and others cheering the benefits of a #1 pencil.

jtk

Oh, and some would argue the benefit of a "mechanical" pencil as a guide

[steven c newman]

And others will try to get you to buy the Veritas versions they just happened to design.....and sold as a "One Time Tool"......

[Nathan Johnson]

What about shop cats?

[David Eisenhauer]

Kurt, Kurt, Kurt. We can see you are going to be a problem, perhaps some outlaw blood in the stream? Rules say - no sharpening threads period. Shop cats and photos thereof are perfectly fine.

[Nathan Johnson]

Kurt, Kurt, Kurt. We can see you are going to be a problem, perhaps some outlaw blood in the stream? Rules say
no sharpening threads period. Shop cats and photos thereof are perfectly fine.


Purrfect.

:)

[Mike Allen1010]

I hate it when you guys make me spit perfectly good burbon on my keyboard!

"Purrfect" - classic!

[Andrew Pitonyak]

The cynic in me wants to post "Advice needed on sharpening my pencils" :cool:

This is how you sharpen a pencil :D
http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?cat=1,42936,42452&p=68746

Welcome Kurt, where do you live (roughly speaking)? I am in the middle of Ohio.

[Mike Baker 2]

Welcome, Kurt!

[Patrick Chase]

The cynic in me wants to post "Advice needed on sharpening my pencils" :cool:

Note that the prohibition as described by multiple posters above is against "starting sharpening threads".

Note also that nobody has said anything about hijacking existing, tangentially related threads and turning them into sharpening holy wars, which is not only legal but is in fact a near-universal SMC practice (just check the archives and you'll see what I mean).

So with that in mind, what is the one and only valid, true, and best sharpening system, that was handed down by the Superior Ancient Woodworkers (tm)(r) on Guaiacum sanctum tablets?

[Patrick Chase]

Oh, and some would argue the benefit of a "mechanical" pencil as a guide

Please. Only 2 mm lead holders should be considered. And it's not called sharpening, it's called "pointing (http://www.penciltalk.org/2009/01/pointing-a-lead)".

[steven c newman]

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"The Boston"

[David Eisenhauer]

Good one. My pencil "pointing" method as well Steven C.

[Andrew Pitonyak]

Hey Steve, do you then "hone the point" on your jeans like you do your blades until they are wicked sharp?

[Kurt Owens]

Hey Steve, do you then "hone the point" on your jeans like you do your blades until they are wicked sharp?

You can dub the point that way

[steven c newman]

I use a strop motion.....once or twice to re-do the point...

[Patrick Chase]

You can dub the point that way

He *has* been lurking.

[Kurt Owens]

He *has* been lurking.

;) I wasn't kidding