Reply To: Restoring a late model Bailey no 5
…grinder is the easiest. I don’t have one yet, waiting on a low speed with norton cool wheels. In the meantime I used a Rigid oscillating benchtop belt sander outside….
…grinder is the easiest. I don’t have one yet, waiting on a low speed with norton cool wheels. In the meantime I used a Rigid oscillating benchtop belt sander outside….
Mujingfang/Woodwell has a huge range of planes but I could neither find prices nor a place to order. Maybe you have to order directly. http://mujingfang.com/t/eng/default.asp …
…hand scraper, I noticed what the light reveals – a reassuring view. Thanks for your examples and time. PS. I carved a head/face for a puzzle cat. Reading all’s comments,…
…it’s an important skill to master. If (when!) I were to build my bench again I’d do many things differently. What I learned from the mistakes I made, however, was…
…scrub. You will need a grinder to put a pronounced camber on the blade though. I just asked a friend to help me with that, haven’t needed a grinder ever…
Sven-Olof, Can you use your belt sander to flatten the back of a chisel? That was my concern. Also, I suppose what I had in mind was a hand-held belt…
Hey Eddy, I was thinking about the same thing for my light. I wonder what light bulb to use for four D-cells(6 volts)? I used a candle in a couple…
…file. Next time I’ll just use a file as the grinder was too aggressive. I’m not sure about dead centered. I just eyeballed it and it seems to work fine….
…their website but EZY-LAP doesn’t. However, in a discussion from some years ago (https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com/discussions/topic/how-fine-exactly-is-the-super-fine-eze-lap-diamond-stone/), Ed states that he asked EZY-LAP for their particle sizes & his reported results bear out…
…to order. Lots of options and I couldn’t understand the lady taking the order. Didn’t matter much because I didn’t what most of the stuff was anyway. Finally gave up…