On my shooting board I was going to use a thick piece of UHMW, but when LV came out with aluminum shooting board track, I used that and no regrets, it is a great product.
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On my shooting board I was going to use a thick piece of UHMW, but when LV came out with aluminum shooting board track, I used that and no regrets, it is a great product.
Fine and Super Fine 3x8 are currently only about $35 USD on amazon.ca. Maybe amazon decided that US buyers should subsidize Canadians?
Without having any specific knowledge, I would speculate that EZE Lap is paying maybe $5 for diamonds. The rest is cost of operating the plant, other raw materials, distributing, marketing, currency...
Hope it has WiFi so we can monitor it remotely.
In my view reasonable and expected specification should include:
- height/width of notches, so user would know what is maximum and minimum thickness of chisel or blade that would be held securely...
I think what disappoints me about this so far is complete lack of specifications so it is impossible to tell what the ominous warning about not using it with other makers means. I was really looking...
They need to hire David to consult with their marketing department, because rather than calling the item by what it is and leaving it to people to think it through, he is calling it by what it is...
Hmm... "We have designed these jaws for our blades and chisels, not other makers."
I wonder if they incorporate some kind of DRM, so threads on the screw stay retracted unless it detects an LN...
It is made more precisely from solid stainless steel instead of cast poopoo, with multiple attachments to accommodate different thickness and length blades, as well as skewed blades, presumably with...
Leaves quite to be desired as far as some useful data on their site... what is the difference between standard and chisel attachments, other than what appears to be slightly smaller notch? I can see...
I bought it with 40 deg and found it would not work well with closely set chipbreaker without also honing the chipbreaker to about 40+ deg. This was also explored by Derek Cohen elsewhere on his blog...
Leave your fingerprints on it, wipe it with a damp cloth and let it sit around for a few days. Then use a rust eraser to fix it. Repeat a few times and it'll be just like old.
I had really hoped this would accommodate standard 2"+ plane blades. I dislike that I'm always expecting plane blades in the standard guide to slip/rotate and sometimes it moves by just a bit, so you...
Well, I was correct about what the item Rob was showing was: http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?p=51868 :)
Funny you should say that, cause this is what I was playing with last night. Works great for spokeshaving an odd item, but not to hold medium-size items for cross-cutting - I don't think enough...
Making a handscrew with one long leg would solve most of repositioning hassle, at least for items that are small enough that handscrew can hold them:
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I too would prefer a shaving horse - of course - but in a 10x12' shop clamping is restricted to bench's top.
I'm trying to hold the item so it would protrude away from bench horizontally or at low angle. I've considered the moxon. With moxon this would only be possible if it was flush with bench end,...
When crosscutting something very small with a backsaw, bench hook is fine. Medium-size items that require longer and more energetic strokes often result in gouged workbench top. For this I prefer...
I have a bench with leg vise and wagon vise, made from Benchcrafted split top roubo plans. It is a nice bench in most respects (and my first bench), but one thing that I miss very frequently is...
Are you a pathetic LV groupie who checks the new products page daily or worse? Do you feel pangs of guilt and shame for being such a loser? Do you wish they had RSS feed on that page? Is their...
If you are as clueless as I am, make sure you understand the difference between products marketed as "bow saw" (like from WoodJoy) and "bow saw" (like from Gramercy) so you don't buy the wrong...
On new LV planes the chipbreaker it is perfectly machined and mates perfectly with the blade, while tightening of the blade holder screw bends it just slightly to give it enough spring to ensure the...
Hi Steve, you did't offend me - the point of my quote was to say that I am interested in learning and experimenting, even if it sometimes ends up costing me extra vs established route. Once I "figure...
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― Pradeepa Pandiyan
Curt, I was about to buy 55 deg frog yesterday while at LV but thought I'd check in...