Needs Pictures: 0
Picture(s) thanks: 0
Results 31 to 43 of 43
Thread: Robert Sorby's ProEdge
-
9th December 2016, 08:26 AM #31
Amazing how many times a raffle with only one ticket sold comes up a winner. Cost of the ticket is high though!
Overall the Tormek system is a good system, but to slow for the more impatient types, or pro turners. It has its place and I guess the Sorby Pro Edge system suits the needs of other turners who have differing priorities in their want list.Mobyturns
In An Instant Your Life CanChange Forever
-
9th December 2016 08:26 AM # ADSGoogle Adsense Advertisement
- Join Date
- Always
- Location
- Advertising world
- Age
- 2010
- Posts
- Many
-
9th December 2016, 10:28 AM #32Novice
- Join Date
- Dec 2016
- Location
- Sydney
- Posts
- 19
agreed. pro's and con's for every solution
-
2nd January 2017, 07:36 PM #33
OK, so I've broken my hand and, before SWMBO left for a few weeks, I was made to promise NO WOODWORK!
I didn't intend to be deliberately obtuse but it occurred to me after a while that NO WOODWORK still 'allowed' me to DO METALWORK?
I took the Veritas tool holder that comes with their grinding jig
image.jpeg image.jpeg
..... and (hand) machined the guide to suit the platen on the ProEdge...
image.jpeg
It now fits and slides smoothly in the ProEdge tool guide...
image.jpeg
....and, as a bonus, you can barely see where I removed the bandages
image.jpeg
The main problem is that on dressing angles less than 30 degrees, the required chisel extension is too long for many well used chisels?
Given my current status of mono dextrosity, the sharpening results have already been better than my dual dextrosity manual results.
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
-
2nd January 2017, 08:20 PM #34Hewer of wood
- Join Date
- Jan 2002
- Location
- Melbourne, Aus.
- Age
- 71
- Posts
- 12,746
Nice work.
I recall one reviewer putting a BE *under* the Sorby platform.
All the best with the paw.
-
3rd January 2017, 12:41 PM #35Hewer of wood
- Join Date
- Jan 2002
- Location
- Melbourne, Aus.
- Age
- 71
- Posts
- 12,746
-
4th January 2017, 05:52 PM #36
The best of both Worlds?
The 'Veritas' solution above has great potential, and I will persevere, but it won't allow an 'underhand' technique as rsser suggested above. I have always thought there might be a way to combine the best of ProEdge and Tormek and that the key to this would be the ProEdge knife sharpening jig. Well, rsser had one for sale (thanks Ern, it arrived today).
It is intended to fit on the ProEdge like this...
image.jpeg
... but, by drilling a new 10mm diameter hole in the side plate...
image.jpeg
..... it fits like this...
image.jpeg
.... and with the addition of a bit of thin wall tube from a shower head, it permits the use of the Tormek standard jig....
image.jpeg
I took one of my Berg paint tin openers and, within 10 minutes, I was shaving end grain!
image.jpeg
Tomorrow I will mount the knife jig bar far enough from the belt to 'hang' the Tormek jig underneath. IF this works, it will permit lower bevel angles and the sharpening of shorter chisels.
Apologies for fuzzy photos but one-handed photography is a skill not yet mastered!j
EDIT, all pics have rotated 90 degrees in posting and I'm lost as to how to stop it from happening
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
-
14th January 2018, 11:07 AM #37Hewer of wood
- Join Date
- Jan 2002
- Location
- Melbourne, Aus.
- Age
- 71
- Posts
- 12,746
If you shoot in portrait orientation the camera includes a tag in the file to that effect. Some computer programs will read it and display the shot correctly despite it being saved in landscape orientation. Others don't.
-
14th January 2018, 11:55 AM #38
Hi and thanks Ern, I did eventually solve the issue...
Fletty's new shed WIP ....or is it a retrospective??
...... but, as you can see, it isn’t an elegant solution! I haven’t posted any pics for a while but, when I do, I will still have to refer back to that post to remember how. That unfortunately means that it is neither elegant nor intuitive
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
-
14th January 2018, 12:20 PM #39Hewer of wood
- Join Date
- Jan 2002
- Location
- Melbourne, Aus.
- Age
- 71
- Posts
- 12,746
No.
I shoot in Raw (with a thing called a camera) and have to save and compress to JPEG for posting. That saves the shot with the orientation as displayed.
For that Irfanview (freeware) can be used but the compression quality isn't the best. Otherwise it's Lightroom and yet another encounter with Adobe arrogance (AA).Cheers, Ern
-
14th January 2018, 01:23 PM #40
For my blog (flettrek | just like Startrek … but with Fletts…) which is more tolerant of file size, I also only use my camera and, on my last trip, I refined that a little further due to the wizardry of the Sony A6000 mirrorless. As my photos often only get used for instant gratification through the blog, I shoot in fine JPEG because I usually don’t have the opportunity nor need for post processing. The blog ‘routine’ now is take in FINE JPEG, at the end of the day select file transfer size and upload directly to my to iPad via the camera’s inbuilt WIFI, upload again directly into the blog, add words ....... and go back to drinking!
A few days ago to get away for a while, I went on a road trip to Southern NSW and Northern Victoria. For this trip, photography was more for ART than instant gratification so I took the pictures in JPEG and RAW planning to do (particularly) black and white post processing. It was only when I got back that I found out that Lightroom won’t directly read Sony RAW files which may possibly be another example of your aptly named AA? I’m very happy however with the Lightroom post processing of the EXTRA fine JPEG setting which is available on the A6300.
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
-
14th January 2018, 03:14 PM #41Hewer of wood
- Join Date
- Jan 2002
- Location
- Melbourne, Aus.
- Age
- 71
- Posts
- 12,746
Cool.
Yes, I'm a mirrorless shooter too. Gave up all the heavy DSLR a year ago. Birds are my thing. It's great to have a lens that'll run out to 800mm F.E. on a rig that weighs all of 1.5 kg and needs no tripod. The IQ is decent enough in my book (Micro 4/3 sensor).Cheers, Ern
-
14th January 2018, 05:59 PM #42
PS, I forgot to mention that before I had built in WIFI, I would plug the chip directly into my iPad, download the pic/s I wanted to use in the blog and then used a free app called ‘Batch resizer’ to compress for uploading. It was very easy to use, could be used on a batch rather than individual pic and gave a very good result. I highly recommend it.
flettya rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
-
14th January 2018, 06:10 PM #43Hewer of wood
- Join Date
- Jan 2002
- Location
- Melbourne, Aus.
- Age
- 71
- Posts
- 12,746
Thanks for the tip fletty.
Similar Threads
-
Robert Sorby Chisels
By toolbagsPLUS in forum PRODUCT REVIEWSReplies: 4Last Post: 22nd March 2011, 08:34 PM -
Robert Sorby Videos
By Ed Reiss in forum WOODTURNING - GENERALReplies: 1Last Post: 12th September 2010, 03:51 PM -
Robert Sorby ProEDGE Sharpening System
By woodb in forum WOODTURNING - GENERALReplies: 5Last Post: 20th July 2008, 07:30 AM -
Robert Sorby Demo
By Jim Carroll in forum ANNOUNCEMENTSReplies: 0Last Post: 25th May 2004, 10:42 PM