When I was begining I got aWarren Tools set of carving knives and gouges at a decoy show. The gouges are small and that may be an issue for you but the knives and them take and hold a good edge. The...
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When I was begining I got aWarren Tools set of carving knives and gouges at a decoy show. The gouges are small and that may be an issue for you but the knives and them take and hold a good edge. The...
I get my glasses and exams from the VA. I asked the eye doctor about the inexpensive online glass places and she said the few examples she had seen were ground well but had flimsey frames. Her...
I thought the Keurig was OK for work as far as taste but it does generate a lot of trash.
At home we use an old Corning Ware percolator to make eight cups tha fit into four mugs. I can think of...
I'm serious when I ask this, so don't laugh: What's your wife think?
It wouldn't matter what my opinion was on something like this, if I put out over $2,000 and the machine came with a visible...
I use them for burnishing and especially for rubbing out a surface with a finish remover on it. Seems to pick that stuff up well.
We've chipped up a lot of deadfalls and downed trees for mulch...
The Walmart pharmacy is designed for two things: 1. get more people into the store; 2. Keep people in the store longer.
We used to use Walmart for our Rx's because it was on the way home from the...
Looks like it could be a useful product on some benches.
Excelsior,
Ted
I agree that Mike has a really excellent sharpening bench set up.
If you are just starting carving and have a set of gouges with outside bevels you don't even really need slipstones. Just learn...
This is a fairly old thread but I'd like to chime in with my vote for Warren Tools. They make a good knife handle and a good selection of blades for carving that take and hold a good edge.
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Go ahead and strop. Take a few seconds and you can strop on the leg of your dungarees, the side of your boot or on a piece of leather charged or uncharged. If you're in the shop and you have a felt...
Thanks, gents. I like the tear drop shaped collector. I'm not sure of the age of my machine but it has been mod'd by a previous owner.
I have an old Delta 14" bandsaw with no original dust collection attaching connection. Has anyone retrofitted a connection. I can go to a shop vac or a 4" dost collector. I'd prefer to go to the dust...