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…small and typically come with a very tight-radius camber. Try turning rough hardwood lumber into trued, refined boards, and you’ll know why. A wider blade with more shallow camber struggles…
…small and typically come with a very tight-radius camber. Try turning rough hardwood lumber into trued, refined boards, and you’ll know why. A wider blade with more shallow camber struggles…
…compound (have bad feeling about the green one), but sometimes I use just a leather strop glued to a piece of wood/MDF without any buffing compound. I heard somewhere, that…
…pre-glue up so unclamped. Hopefully any lingering gaps will close up with the clamps. All that’s left now is to make the seat and to glue-up. http://farm1.staticflickr.com/808/40015237125_19c9039014_b.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/785/40015237245_1057cbdc6b_b.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4782/40015237045_2077ea6de4_b.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4771/40015236875_2812a5f674_b.jpg…
[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….
…drops of oil or kerosene softens the compound up enough to spread it throughout the leather. If you get compound coming off the strop on the tool being honed, then…
…lap it and correct it in order to have confidence in it. I purchased a Starrett combination square. I found the 12″ combination square to be cumbersome especially when marking…
Hi Has anyone else seen the same comments showing up multiple times on the same blog post? For example in the most recent blog about comparing saws, a comment by…
…as you come to the end of the board. A different grip on the knob can help, too. See, for example, https://commonwoodworking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/P1000047-1.jpg . Or, rotate the front hand so that…
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…
…that in law, whether it be verbally or written, you have contracted to complete certain works for Mrs.X and to an acceptable standard. You say she has written to ask…