Jimmy Harris
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You're probably pushing down to hard and using them too much. 6,000 and 10,000 grit stones aren't really for sharpening, they're for polishing. ...

For me, secondary bevels make sharpening harder, not easier. For one, you don't have the big flat surface to reference against. And a sharpening...

I wouldn't mind a dedicated shooting plane. But I can't justify the need enough to outweigh the price. I did make an easy on/easy off handle for my...

No contest! The Dremel with a burr bit. It's like sketching on a 3D drawing pad.

I have those same clamps. And yes, they're not a full 12 inches. DeWalt might be imperial and Stanley/Black and Decker is an American company, but...

It's like any hobby. There's no money to be made in it. A hobby, by definition, is designed to occupy your free time and resources. Making money,...

Wet rag, before the glue dries. That's the best option, though not always an option. After that, I'll use a hand plane, chisel, card scraper,...

Pull saws really work best with magnetic guides. Usually if you see someone using a magnetic dovetail guide, they're using a pull saw. And I too...

I agree in that I'm thinking that they're seeing the yellow tint and not realizing it comes from the finish, not the wood. A clear, water-based...

If you can make a dowel with the same diameter and curve as the concave blade, then you can wrap it in sandpaper and use that to sharpen the front. ...

I wouldn't worry too much about disinfecting them between uses. Teak is naturally antimicrobial, as most woods are. They tend to be healthier than...

You can pretty much sharpen a saw to do whatever you want. I have an 8tpi rip saw filed as an 11tpi crosscut and an 11tpi crosscut saw filed as an...

I've accidentally glued enough things together in my life to know you don't need any clamping pressure to form an incredibly strong glue joint. Now,...

If you could measure the perfect amount so you get no squeeze out, yet everything is covered, that would be ideal. But I don't pretend to live in a...

I agree with the principle that you can have a drawer too deep, and things get lost under things. Then it's no longer serving its purpose of...