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Engineers!
Heck yes, Mac. The last thing I want when making something is for the freaking tool to break, so you can imagine how I feel about Windows.
Count me as a LV customer who is glad to learn of the app and is about to download it.
Rob, could you please call Tom Lie-Neilsen and ask him to create an app also?
That is an awesome catalog, Charles. Thank you for posting.
Look at the names for the tools! Wagonmaker chisel. Coachmaker chisel. Look at the number of gouges - it looks like a different gouge...
FWIW, I also don't think it's worthwhile flattening backs with the stone. Sandpaper on a flat surface is so fast and so dumb-proof. . . .perfect for me.
Also FWIW, I don't think it's correct that...
1. Every one of these posts is accurate and there are many ways to get sharp edges. However, do what David Weaver tells you to do, and use the equipment he tells you to use. His knowledge is second...
I have the Norton 1,000 but rarely use it.
Would you suggest the Shapton 15,000 over the green rouge? I do try to hone a few times before re-sharpening, so if the Shapton would help it would be...
Very interesting. For years I have been using a white Norton followed by a yellow Norton followed by a piece of plywood with green rouge. Maybe your way is better/faster/cleaner. You certainly know...
The "like vintage stuff" includes typical modern-day tools like Veritas and Lie-Nielsen?
David, please translate that for me. Meaning, which stones or other devices do you use on a day-to-day basis?
"Probably more mundane reasons, like supply, margin, demand for something 'exciting'."
I'm betting you are absolutely right David.
I believe Lie-Nielsen used to sell Nortons and then Shaptons. I wonder whether they're selling these new stones because they are really better or for more mundane reasons.
Certainly an interesting thread, though somewhat predictable.
I am also one of those that would have recommended building a bench, as I did. But when I stop and think about it, why a bench? Why...
I haven't seen any references to the lap desk Thomas Jefferson designed and had built.
My only suggestion is for God's sake don't flatten the top with a router! What a horribly loud, time-consuming, and miserable experience! Use hand planes. If you need to remove a lot of wood this...
My two cents.
For one thing, I stand at my office desk all day. I feel so much better since I started standing all day. Now I don't even think about sitting down to work. Sitting is a very...
My personal opinion is that I do not want to hang anything as valuable as my planes up on a wall, or any other high place. I know, I just know, that if I hung my planes on a wall I would do something...
I agree with Stu. For many years I have flattened all my waterstones with 400 grit carbide. Only a month ago did I bite the bullet and buy a Diasharp flattening stone. The loose carbide works fine,...
I agree with David. Flattening a solid wood top by hand would be fun and instructive. I will add that although I've never owned a jointer and have instead always jointed boards by hand, a jointer...
I agree with all that except the part about the micro-bevel. All beginners are going to be sharpening with a honing guide. Rather than hone the entire bevel to a shiny polish, it makes complete sense...
We are lucky to be living in several golden ages. We are living in the golden age of beer. When I was young you could buy Budweiser, Pabst Blue Ribbon, and a few others. Now every town has its own...
I think it's a great exercise in planing, but with some wood it's easer to just use sandpaper.
Totally off topic, but don't get that stuff near fire. I use it as kindling and large pieces light right up with a small match.
I wouldn't worry about the grain orientation. Some would say to flip every other board over so that when they continue to bend in the future, they will be bending in different directions.
You...
I'm with those who suggest ripping those boards into fairly narrow widths and gluing them up.
If it helps, you didn't do anything wrong. The lumber you get at the big-box stores is just terrible,...