Reply To: Stropping compound
For the most part, I use the following compound on a 2×4 of almost any non-open-grained wood that has been planed or sanded flat: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003K7U0J6 The surface left by 80-100…
For the most part, I use the following compound on a 2×4 of almost any non-open-grained wood that has been planed or sanded flat: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003K7U0J6 The surface left by 80-100…
…enough to spread it throughout the leather. If you get compound coming off the strop on the tool being honed, then you have too much compound on the strop. Mark…
[postquote quote=778710] I have watched Paul’s video’s on sharping if I remember correctly his diamond plates are 300,600,1200 followed by green honing compound so a polished edge of 60k grit….
…on up to 8’s (if anyone uses those long planes any more). Polishing the larger flat faces to 15,000 takes a few strokes, maybe 30 or so once you’ve flattened…
…to rotate backwards (!). So you could polish (with stitched calico wheel loaded with green compound, which had been added also, presumably) a plane iron, or chisel offering it to…
…an extension here: http://www.greenwoodworking.com/UniversalBitForChairMaking They only are offered at Diefenbacher to to 1”, which is why I didn’t mention them before. And chair makers use them with a long extension…
…throw away society. I can give you a few links in UK that do Bahco and others files you probably have to ask about shipping rates. http://www.workshopheaven.com/tools/Saw_Care_Maintainance.html http://www.classichandtools.co.uk/acatalog/Saw_Files.html http://www.my-tool-shed.co.uk/search.php? http://www.axminster.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=saw+file…
…Chip http://www.amazon.co.uk/Irwin-Marples-M444-Bevel-Chisel/dp/B0000224EU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353537314&sr=8-1 Stanley 5002 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stanley-5002-Bevel-Chisel-STA016129/dp/B0058NT5WS/ref=sr_1_4?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1353537458&sr=1-4 Faithfull http://www.amazon.co.uk/Faithfull-Bevel-Chisel-Wooden-Piece/dp/B0001IWODC/ref=sr_1_1?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1353537576&sr=1-1 Marples Splitproof http://www.amazon.co.uk/Marples-M373-Splitof-Bevel-Chisel/dp/B0001GS17W/ref=sr_1_1?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1353537707&sr=1-1 All of the above are good chisels, although Marples Blue Chip and Stanley 5002 do not equal the quality…
…few Disston saws on ebay right now and some of them look like good deals. For example: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HENRY-DISSTON-USA-VINTAGE-STEEL-BACKED-TENON-SAW-/292007400906?hash=item43fcff55ca:g:KPUAAOSw44BYhR~6 www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DISSTON-STEEL-BACK-12-TENON-SAW-12-TOOTH-TO-THE-INCH-/152406053577?hash=item237c1bd2c9:g:JogAAOSw44BYhJMA www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Henry-disston-saw-brass-backed-12-blade-/322395846869?hash=item4b104a38d5:g:h6sAAOSwnHZYgNNg www.ebay.co.uk/itm/henry-disston-saw-/132068654987?hash=item1ebfe7bf8b:g:wy4AAOSw44BYf1JM Are they good deals, is there something I’m missing?…
…3/4 of the way down, now let’s say I did saw right to the shoulder line and a freak of nature happened I hammered the life out of it and…