Daniel, I think your problem is as I first understood it. If you have the iron face flat to within 1/16" of the edge-corners, you are there now, in my opinion. You could simply chamfer the corners,...
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Daniel, I think your problem is as I first understood it. If you have the iron face flat to within 1/16" of the edge-corners, you are there now, in my opinion. You could simply chamfer the corners,...
As best I can tell from just looking it up, the Dow went from the $6K range in 2007 to somewhere near the $18K range nowadays.
There are many ways to interpret this. One is that, at least for...
I would say it is hardened steel and thus wasn't bent by any bending force. I have plenty of Stanley irons that are warped to one degree or the other. At least that is my conclusion from putting...
Oh, Gosh, Don. Quite a picture.
Eventually you'll come to know what you've got there; no reason to lay it out my opinions as if I was a sort of know-it-all. The tip off being the stamped lateral...
The answer I'd give you is sand it off. It's probably not as flat as you think. Painted up as it is, advancing and retracting the blade should scour and peal the paint up into lumps and bumps...
Brian, below (indented) is a brief verbal sketch of the relevant characteristics of a grinding wheel quoted from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinding_wheel
Given a wheel specification defining...
Your question is "What else am I missing?" A big unbounded question, I'd say.
There are lots of general textbooks on this topic that can illuminate some of the principles that you may have not...
George, I don't know you, but have read you here and elsewhere for many years. It is admirable that you feel responsible to speak up for (and to) the young and naive. I can imagine you especially...
I can't quite tell if you are kidding, but here's a serious answer.
I bought a couple sets of these from some other machinist supply outfit 10 or 15 years ago. Mine were made in India. They...
Oh, yes ... always.
Not at the coarser grits, of course. But when I'm done I don't want to see even a faint glimmer of light off a radius or the sight or feel of burr fragments from either side...
Here's a list/review of readily available guides for the man (or woman) with sufficient walking around money:
http://www.woodworkersjournal.com/chisel-and-plane-honing-guide-reviews/
That looks...
Stew, I mean no disrespect. Rather I imagine you are beginning your personal search for the grail of the near perfect edge.
I suggest you read the link below. Actually, I mean, read and study...
Perhaps your problem is already solved via the great advice above.
The type 6 Bailey, handsome as it may be, has structural problems that can permit the frog to dip, nod, lean or rock and allow...
Mike, you might want to pull your shaft and look at it and the plastic (nylon) bearings. Years ago when I gradually developed the problem you mention, I discovered the shaft and bearings had...