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Understanding the characteristics of wood must be a life long pursuit. I had no idea basket lath could be rendered in this manner.
And Here’s a link to Peter’s blog post about the process.
http://pfollansbee.wordpress.com
Well, I’ve taken the Tormek home and I can tell you that I am already convinced of it’s value to my shop. It will never touch my plane blades nor likely my good chisels. But it is already a great help in conditioning old and abused edges. In the future I also hope to do some relief carving and maybe some turning. I think I’ll like it even more for gouges and carving chisels.
Thank you all for the feedback, the video references and your experiences.
Hi Steve, Thanks for the useful ideas and the tip to locate a user manual if one is not with the machine. It comes with a whole host of accessories, so I’ll have some learning to do for sure. I never thought of using the side of the wheel for flattening.
Of course I’ll still have my bench stones and strop. Currently I sharpen with a combination of diamond and waterstones. Extra course and coarse DMT duosharp plate for rough shaping and flattening and a 1000/8000 Norton waterstone for refining the edge. While this system works it is not the system I’d chose today. When my waterstone is used up, I’ll switch to all diamond stones. Flattening is messy and time consuming and all that water is a mess.
I think the Tormek will find a nice place and good use in my shop. I’ve recently inherited a ton of carving and turning gouges and for those I may use the Tormek exclusively.
Hi Dave, From my reading, I’ve only found reference to it being a symbol of craftsmanship and a feature without a function. Chris Schwarz gives a couple of ideas for usefulness. http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/chris-schwarz-blog/2-great-uses-for-a-saws-nib
I look forward to others comments.
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