318 days ago
by YooperCasey |
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Since the debate seems to rage onwards when it comes on how to sharpen a blade sharper than we need too… I figured I’d throw some more gasoline into the fire. But in order to get some good numbers I need some numbers!
What do I need?
What rate do you consume pads?
How many tools can you sharpen per pad?
What do you pay for your pad?
Of real interest would be how many inches of tools width you can sharpen per pad. So if you exclusively use 1 inch wide chi...
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475 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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Well, MsDebbieP is at it again! Adding to her shop tours and inspections are visits to companies that support woodworkers!
Last week I had the privilege of speaking with Robin Lee, President of Lee Valley, one of our Summer Woodworking Awards sponsors.
Mr. Lee, heading the family business that was first started by his father Leonard Lee, carries on the family vision of providing quality customer service by “doing what is right” and by “making people happy”. This underlying goal can be f...
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318 days ago
by YooperCasey |
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So for those of you who read my first post, heres the results! I decided to finish this part tonight because I remembered I am getting my wisdom teeth pulled tommorow morning, so I’ll be out of commision for a bit.
I spent about 35 minutes with the Veritas Mk2 jig. I started with the 1000 grit side and moved to the 4000 grit side. At the end I’ll post some pictures of the factory finish that came on the chisels.
This is the blade edge at 40X, notice that even when cleane...
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356 days ago
by YooperCasey |
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One of the best pieces of advice I’ve seen so far when it comes to tools is to “Buy good tools, and know how to sharpen them.” I’ve reached the point where I can now gaze above the forest of junk, beyond the sea of low quality mass produced woodworking equipment. The companies name is fitting. Veritas. Truth.
When in college, while dirt poor, I use to get the Lee Valley catalogs and sit for hours on end neglecting homework thumbing through those beautiful catalogs. ...
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374 days ago
by Tim Dorcas |
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The last two months or so, the shop has been a mess. Partly this is due to not having a place to put all of my lumber but the bigger part is I have had no place to put the larger equipment. Recently in one of the woodworking magazines they built a shop cabinet that housed the same type equipment I was trying to organize. They built it with spruce and peg board. I had some left over melamine (melamine that just happened to match all of the other cabinets in the shop) so I went to work with a d...
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413 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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Today I decided to put new dividers in my kitchen drawer and so down to the workshop I went. Earlier this week I had purchased some 1/2” x 6” knotty pine at Rona.
I thought that the 1/2” was too narrow to use the DowelMax on and so I chose to use a different joinery technique. Using the router is out—I’ve had too many difficulties with the machine and I’m not familiar enough with the Triton router to give that a go without some assistance from Rick (who ...
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539 days ago
by mot |
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Hi Folks,
As promised, a quick tour of the Veritas Mk.II Sharpening System. In the video I seem to use back bevel and micro bevel interchangeably. This is a mistake and is due to doing these videos at 1am when I should be ”sawing logs,” in bed. However, here it is…
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