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Thank you, David. I’ll use half blind dovetail joints for the ash wood drawer runners, and fit them along the bottom edges of the apron.
Well, I didn’t use dovetail joints after all. I ended up making shallow mortise and tenon joints on the front rail, and dowels on the back. Not as nice, but still strong.
Merry Christmas to all of you! The best year for my woodworking hobby has been 2014 as well. It’s when I signed up for your terrific master class. I’m still a hybrid wood worker, but I’m getting better and better at using only hand tools. Ripping a long piece of wood with a hand saw, and keeping the kerf straight and just fractionally away from the knife line, has tested me greatly. I’ll get there one day though. Thanks for giving me my newfound inspiration.
May your homes be filled with cakes, pies and sweets of all kinds, but mostly with the love and the spirit of Christmas. Have a wonderful 2015!
Dick Aldridge
Flowery Branch, Georgia, USA (yes, it’s the name of a real town in Georgia)Marilyn,
I made one too. I chiseled out a single rectangle in which my only 3×8 stone sits–right in the middle. I only have knife walls marking the other two spaces. How deep did you make yours, and do you plan to use an adhesive? Mine fits tightly, but it wouldn’t take much for it to fall out. I was thinking about using rubber cement or something like that. Something not so permanent.Thanks
Hi Marilyn,
I remember on the back of my EZE-LAP package they warned that a new stone would feel much coarser at first, and that with use, it would quickly “settle in” to how it should feel. I have a very old chisel that must have been used to destroy concrete or something. It was in very bad shape. Well, I decided to practice on it with my new fine stone before trying my good ones. I rubbed and rubbed and it finally began to get sharp. My new stone has “settled in” quite well now. It only took a few strokes to sharpen my newer cheap chisel. Looks like I’m on my way. EZE-LAP is a great product. Might make the super-fine my next addition.
Thanks again, everybody. Sounds like there’s a learning curve to using a diamond stone…especially if one is already used to the wet stone method. Maybe since I haven’t done any sharpening yet I will find “the groove” quicker since I won’t have to change any habits. Can’t wait to receive my new EZE-LAP diamond stone and start in on my plane iron and cheap chisels.
Well, I’m just getting started using a hand plane and chisels. The tools I have are only manufacturer-sharp, and beginning to get dull. I don’t own any sharpening devices yet, and can’t decide whether to spend the money on diamond stones or Japanese water stones, or just use glass and sand paper. Paul mentioned recently that a reasonably good and acceptable edge on a plane iron could be obtained with the use of only 250 grit sand paper. With that in mind, what recommendations do any of you have about the possibility of my obtaining only
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(whichever, diamond or water stone): a coarse one, say 400 grit and a final one, say 1000 grit and stopping there? My chisels are inexpensive and my #4 jack plane is cheap-o, so I don’t have to worry too much about ruining a fine tool. A man’s gotta start somewhere. Your opinions and advice will be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Dick Aldridge
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