I'd suggest that those familiar with a side-clamping jig - the fastest of the common variety, IMO - can go from dull block plane in hand to sharp tool and back to work in a minute or less. My newb...
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I'd suggest that those familiar with a side-clamping jig - the fastest of the common variety, IMO - can go from dull block plane in hand to sharp tool and back to work in a minute or less. My newb...
Righty-tightie - lefty-loose works - that round thingie on the side of the jig can be used to tighten the jaws and the 'by design' slightly loose index pins and machine screw connections handle the...
We don't rack a dull tool, but that's a practice forced by having more than one person in the shop. I recall the Zen of honing in the evenings as well - it can be an enjoyable wind-down - just not...
No doubt, but unlike a hobbyist, I work with students that range in experience from 'never touched a tool' to experienced woodworker. With no more than about 200 hours in the program, what works...
Certainly some value there, Mike, but it begs the question of whether using the tool or sharpening the tool more useful. It may be that time with tool in hand is time with the tool.
There's...
I had an aunt that found great meaning in polishing her floor. Wonderful woman.
The OP asked about the Lie-Nielsen jig, Ken - not the Eclipse - and I provided a data-driven answer. I agree that the Eclipse-style jig can be finicky, and can require quite a bit of torque to...
LOL..choir here...been there, done that, have the t-shirt, mug, beer cozy, and the magnetic sticker on the truck. With all the other stuff that I have to teach new builders beyond just the...
So for those of us not engaged in historical reenactment of 18th c. cabinetmaking, the more common condition would seem to be parallel sides...or at least far enough back such that a side-clamping...
Likely true, given the two Marples are round neck with 50's logo...as I mentioned, pretty much what is out and available for students. What percentage of bench chisels in use do we think are to be...
Just a standard bench chisel like that? :eek:
I am baffled here...why does this guide work for everything I throw at it in terms of chisels, but not for you? Other than needing the mortise jaws for the slick (which will likely never see a...
Sort of like the old 5 angle Veritas guide...and handy for setting skews. Would be nice to have a 45 degree ref, but easy to eyeball, right? Most of the time, it's just slam the blade into the...
There's no issue with standard chisels - the only fit issue is with deeper section mortise chisels like 7/16" & 1/2" RI pigstickers, Refreshing memory re: the original Eclipse-style guide and...
LN def tailored the guide to their own tools in terms of the jaw pairs, but all of my mortise chisels - Ray Iles, Sorbys, Marples - have noticeable taper. The reason that most mortise chisels won't...
All of the chisels in my shop have taper - whether new or vintage - so not an old versus new thing. The closest to flat taper are the AI round backs, and even they show 0.030" or so taper. All work...
I would tend to agree with Patrick on toughness...the 1970's era Two Cherries blades take a bit more to release the wire edge than either the old stuff or the LN A-2 edges...tougher steel or force of...
...or ones that you cannot afford. That's the point...four useful chisels that run a few bucks more than a millennials's Starbucks Moocher Slackachino. Hone at 35 degrees and sharpen often using el...
No stropping on chisels or plane blades - just a fine enough stone to clean off the burr and polish the edge. Knives and most carving tools (except for in cannel gouges) get stropped, as the...
Sellers, Schwarz, and a few other 'celebrity' woodworkers each have thousands of avid fans drinking deeply from the fountain of their peculiar brands of craft wisdom, while at best, a few of us here...
Wanted, but not needed. New stuff before you've wrung the juice out of the old stuff. Collecting, versus using.
Back in the early 1970's when I moved to the area, both W.S. Jenks (founded in DC in 1866) and Woodcraft (in MA at the time, versus the back of beyond, WV) carried full lines of Stanley UK & Record...
The 5-1/4 is the 1-3/4" width blade jack that was used in some secondary school training programs; the 5-1/2 is used to start arguments.
The Corradi Gold 6" 10 grain is a mini version of the Auriou cabinetmakers rasps, but at $80 delivered to US, pretty pricey. That said, essentially a smaller cabinetmaker's rasp and very useful in...
Kinda waiting for someone to start the thread about the thread commenting on sharpening threads...