Originally Posted by
Kees Heiden
the chipbreaker is the only viable way to get good results.
Scrapers and sandpaper can help a lot too. ;-)
I guess my problem is that my output is not held back by my tools. Maybe when I catch up to their present capabilities, I'll be more interested in squeezing just a little more out them!
Part of what I don't like about some aspects of power tool work is the fiddliness of measuring and setting and jigging. I'm too impatient and frankly not that good at that sort of anal retentive stuff. I resist bringing that sort of thing to my hand tools. I'd rather be more intuitive, on-the-fly empirical, and reacting to immediate actual situations. My perversion in this regard is no doubt holding me back, but I yam what I yam.
~ Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.