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18 April 2013 at 1:21 am #11075
Oh interesting, good to know I guess. It looks pretty solid. Of course as I’ve been following Paul, he says over and over that you can basically do everything you need with the No 4, so I’ll probably start off by getting that one tuned and see how it works for me. I just really like owning these. I can see how it can be very addicting to buy lots of them for a variety of reasons. 🙂
16 April 2013 at 3:53 pm #10998Cool, yeah, I’m considering just a couple cheap desk or clip lamps like that to for getting by for now. That lamp looks like a great fit. I might try to hit up some thrift shops today and see what I can find cheap. Thanks!
16 April 2013 at 3:38 pm #10994I hear ya man, makes me sick every time I have to stroke those checks for thousands of dollars to the gov’t. I can’t help but think I could spend that money much more wisely than they can! 🙂
16 April 2013 at 3:36 pm #10993Thanks for the link. I finally won a No. 4 last week which I hope to receive this week. I’ve been trying to pick up a jack plane too, but have lost a couple auctions on them already because they got to be too rich for my blood. I’ll be keeping an eye on this one today though, thanks!
15 April 2013 at 7:59 pm #10950Awesome, Chris has a great shop set up! Love that old woodworking bench!
13 April 2013 at 4:25 am #10895Oh, those EZE Laps are quite a bit cheaper and still seem to get high praise from Paul: http://paulsellers.com/2012/05/questions-answered-diamond-sharpening-plates/
Thanks for the recommendation, I’m thinking I’ll save a few bucks and go with the EZE Laps.
13 April 2013 at 4:18 am #10893Awesome, thanks guys! I was looking for that blog post on how he made the plate holder, thanks Steve! I think I am going to opt for the 3×8 DMT plates and make that same plate holder using Paul’s article.
Thanks again for the tips!
13 April 2013 at 4:05 am #10889Thanks for pointing that out Dave. I did wonder what was up with the honey combed shapes. I hadn’t seen those before. I’d prefer to have the plates, so thanks for the link, I’m going to check those out before I buy.
13 April 2013 at 3:58 am #10887Thanks Brian! That set of DMT stones I linked to on Amazon looks really nice. It’s a bit pricey, but it comes with them already in a wooden box with rubber feet, so it seems very similar to how Paul has them set up. So far I have that and the Working Wood 1/2 Book and DVD set in my cart on Amazon. We educate our children at home and I’ve convinced the wife to treat Paul’s training materials as a homeschool expense (I’d love to teach the children as I learn). I’m all giddy. 🙂
13 April 2013 at 3:33 am #10881Wow, thanks! Very useful information! I do really like the speed at which it seems you get things sharpened and get back to work with the diamond stones, so I think I will start with those. I was considering these, do they look ok? http://www.amazon.com/DMT-W6EFC-6-Inch-Diamond-Whetstone/dp/B003NCVFC4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1365820360&sr=8-2&keywords=dmt+sharpening+stones
12 April 2013 at 5:52 am #10818I too am a software developer and have been for over 15 years, currently self-employed. After moving our family to the “country” with some land last year, I’ve really been diving head first into learning to do things with my hands and make real, tangible things and I love it. Recently woodworking, specifically using hand tools like Paul teaches, has really sparked my interest. I really like the old fashioned way of doing most things and after watching Paul do so many things with hand tools, he has me hooked on learning his ways. Anyway, I say all that to say, I have the same interest in doing these kinds of things more and more, even eventually making a living doing them. But until then, software still pays the bills. 🙂
Nice to know some other software guys like myself are hanging around here too.
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