Hadn't really thought of that but you're absolutely right. Who knows what's in that stuff. Of course, I melt and cast 45% lead frit but not in closed spaces and without protection.
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Hadn't really thought of that but you're absolutely right. Who knows what's in that stuff. Of course, I melt and cast 45% lead frit but not in closed spaces and without protection.
You're right, progressive scraping becomes intuitive. Not so much bearing surface but I also scraped the frogs and beds on my Stanleys. Actually made a big difference on two planes. One could file...
Odd to say the least. Amusing.
Some machinists developed signature and decorative styles of scraping, frosting and flaking.
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Frosting(upper) & Flaking(lower)
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Don't use the surface plate as a lapping surface but to reveal the high spots on the anvil face for scraping as demonstrated in this very old training film. Make a scraper from an old file and buy a...
You are hereby enrolled as a member in good standing, Bill, and are free to donate your dues to the charity of your choice. Nice find, by the way. Tiny dividers, calipers, pin vises, miniature...
David Weaver gave a good answer so I'll elaborate on price. The range of prices for diamond paste vary widely, from the Norton water-based at 3.79 to 5.59 per gram in a five-gram syringe to DMT...
Kees, that's a fair chunk of steel and should work fine for most anything around the shop. If you were doing a lot of hot forging and forming you'd likely want a steel-faced anvil, but for...
Oooh, that's a nice enough anvil, all right. Sleek lines and plenty of horn. Looks pristine to my eye. That's a winner—you could have easily paid more for it—and a perfect weight for most work.
I...
Even when I lived in Massachusetts, not once did I ever make it to a tool sale like that and now that I'm back in Florida, well... not so many old tools, but I've been fortunate to get great tools...
That's a good price nowadays, especially if you don't have to put significant work into it. I got my Trenton for less than that but it was nearly twenty years ago. Besides the great price and...
Oh, you do have all the toys. Sounds like you could manage it and maybe make it work.
Yeah, just don't know how deep or tough the case would be but I'd say take a shot at it. I'm all for...
Tony, if you don't have an atmosphere controlled furnace and a way to isolate your hardening compound from the body of the anvil, you might have a problem getting the case just on the face. Also,...
I agree, especially on steel tools.
The biggest differences between pastes for sharpening is concentration, and I'd buy the cheap stuff and use more if needed. Although crystal size ranges...
When I used to make my own primitive and naive ceramic gem carving points and wheels, batches could fire hit or miss in a fairly narrow range of usefulness.
From last year's thread on ceramic...
Well, it makes it better but it still doesn't make it good, unless what you want is an anvil shaped object under a piece of steel. Big or small, the steel face should be hardened and properly...
Perhaps they were better when you bought yours than the more recently made Harbor Freight anvil in this short video. Although this is their 55lb. rather than the 15lb., I can assure you the 15lb. is...
Well, some people don't have an extra plane sole lying about or an old shop machine to scavenge. A few months ago, before my hospital stay, I showed someone how to scrape one they'd bought for some...
While too soft for forging and just about anything else, these cheap 15lb. cast iron anvils from Harbor Freight make acceptable laps for diamond honing and most of the work is already done. The...
The 600-grit Eze-Lap is so versatile I use it for lots of things. If you were to have only one diamond stone, this would be it.
For everyday woodworking, after grinding the initial bevel on a 7"...
While I consider any Eze-lap superior—longer lasting, better cutting/scratch pattern—to equally priced diamond stones, the best deal going right now is the 2 1/2" x 11 3/8" x 3/8" 600-grit stone for...
Moreso with diamond plates than other bench stones, for flattening blades or establishing bevels, I'd start with the least coarse grit that will get the job done and do more work at that grit using...
And the polycrystalline hones just keep getting better the more you use them—the older they get—in my experience, anyway. Your comparisons make plenty of sense to me—rasping, sawing, zipping—yeah,...
Monocrystalline diamond at a given micron grit size will cut deeper than other abrasives. Polycrystalline will cut as fast and faster while leaving shallower, more rounded troughs and a smoother...
Oh, the wonders of soft, sticky beeswax. No sir, no shiny carnauba for me. Actually, I will use carnauba if there's lots of lovely beeswax to mitigate the gloss. Can't help it—just love that dry...
RenWax is, in my opinion, simply the best wax for protecting against fingerprints in fairly challenging venues, such as arts & crafts shows, galleries and retail settings. It's the standby for...