Hi Chuck, it's really about how much time you want to spend on a stone. You can go from a 1200 diamond, or 1000 ceramic (or whatever) to an 8000 stone. The objective of the finer stone is to remove...
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Hi Chuck, it's really about how much time you want to spend on a stone. You can go from a 1200 diamond, or 1000 ceramic (or whatever) to an 8000 stone. The objective of the finer stone is to remove...
One of the things to keep in mid when exploring media is that all of them will sharpen your tools and which one works best for you is often dictated by your situation. People still use oil stones...
Any particular grain rating you would start with?
I have a Liogier luthier's rasp that has 11 grain on one side and 13 on the other, both edges are safe (no teeth). This looks like a normal file,...
Here are a couple of articles I wrote for F&C a few years back. All still very relevant today!
I think that Rasps are under-appreciated and are incredibly useful, but like most tools, quality...
Good that you figured it out. There is a little play in the angle of the handle you can change as well and I have mine set as flat as it will go which forces my hand a little more toward the fence. I...
Not sure I 100% understand the issue, but it sounds like you are using a ramped board with an angled attachment for the chamfers. I tried this out on my own board to understand it better. So here's...
As the principal tester for this new guide, I have spent a lot of time testing it on every variation of chisel and plane blade I could find. And the taper on the sides of the Marples are by far the...
I have a box of flat toothpicks nearby all the time, squirt glue into the mortise and spread around with flat end, gets perfect coverage,and goes in my burn box. Much more economical than glue...