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How do you sharpen your turning tools, carving tools, plane blades, router and moulding blades, etc. Ideas and help for newbies. New or advanced techniques, old, tried and true methods. How, when, why, etc

  1. #1000 whetstone comparative test

    Started by rsser, 24th March 2011 08:05 AM
    #1000, comparative, contributed, lee, newsletter, stu, test, tools, valley, whetstone, woodworking
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,901
    24th March 2011, 10:02 AM Go to last post
  2. "Sharpening" - the rest of the chisel

    Started by sCORCH, 3rd March 2008 04:11 PM
    angles, bevels, buckets, chisel, chisels, clean, concept, concern, concerned, condition, crisp, degrade, fraternity, guys, input, main, maintaining, mirror, nice, offer, pretty, rejuvinate, rest, rust, secondary, sharpening, similar, smoothed, suspect, throwing
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,904
    4th March 2008, 09:06 AM Go to last post
  3. 120 grit Sigma Power Stone - the 'Black Beast'

    Started by snafuspyramid, 28th June 2011 07:04 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    1000, 10ml, 120, add, beast, black, carbondurum, chalkboards, disposed, experience, glass, grind, grit, hard, king, managed, manicure, medium, minutes, plate, powder, power, school, sigma, sprinkle, stone, surface, unpleasant, water, world
    • Replies: 17
    • Views: 4,439
    28th July 2011, 07:07 PM Go to last post
  4. Question 1x30" belt sander / grinder - a bad buy

    Started by US-Oz, 27th April 2020 11:24 AM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 1,091
    1st May 2020, 04:11 PM Go to last post
  5. 24V drill doctor

    Started by qwertyu, 26th June 2021 04:03 PM
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 547
    29th June 2021, 10:16 AM Go to last post
  6. 3 sharpening questions if I may....

    Started by Tiger, 29th November 2007 12:20 PM
    ability, bevel, blued, chisel, chisels, coarse, contact, edge, explanation, ground, guys, hone, overestimated, questions, quick, razor, re-tempered, reduces, reducing, sharp, sharpening, sharpness, simply, slighlty, smooth, stone, stones, strop, time, tip
    • Replies: 10
    • Views: 2,469
    30th November 2007, 09:41 AM Go to last post
  7. 300 grit waterstone as alternative to grinder

    Started by snafuspyramid, 5th June 2011 02:37 PM
    250-400, 300, alternative, bench, bevel, establish, forgive, grinder, grit, metal, obvious, question, quickly, stupid, waterstone
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 2,802
    28th June 2011, 09:34 PM Go to last post
  8. 3M Imperial lapping film: first impressions

    Started by rsser, 21st June 2011 05:19 PM
    abrasive;, blood, comment, draw, dubbing, edge, film, finger, glass, idle, imperial, impressions, impressive, lapping, light, love, micro-finishing, much;, mug, plate, range, sandpaperman, scratches, sheets, slight, slurry, story, strip, stuff, test
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 5,202
    23rd June 2011, 02:04 PM Go to last post
  9. 3M Microfinishing lapping film

    Started by groeneaj, 13th December 2011 11:18 PM
    8-10mm, andy, cheap, chisels, confusion, cut, drive, eastern, film, float, glass, grit, guys, keeping, lapping, melbourne, method, microfinishing, micron, mind, pretty, range, sandpaper, size, start, suburbs, suggest, supplier, tomorrow, understand
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 3,479
    18th December 2011, 08:24 AM Go to last post
  10. 3M PSA Scary Sharp Paper and Plate Glass

    Started by rbarnold, 16th April 2008 06:09 PM
    10mm, 210x300, appreciated, australia, avoid, coarsest, comments, contact, equal, glass, grit, kit, list, local, offer, paper, pieces, plate, price, provider, psa, roger, scary, sharp, source, starter, stone, water/oil
    • Replies: 10
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    24th May 2009, 05:11 PM Go to last post
  11. 5 Degree Back Bevel - How?

    Started by Bitslong, 1st August 2009 10:30 PM
    20deg, 4k/8k, 5degree, angle, bad, bevel, blade, consistent, creating, curved, degree, degrees, grinder, ground, low, plane, pushed, read, ruler, rulers, short/jig, sound, trick, vary, veritasmk.ii, w&d, waterstones, ~1degree
    • Replies: 5
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    14th August 2009, 03:32 PM Go to last post
  12. 6" jointer blades, sharpen or replace

    Started by 3 toed sloth, 25th April 2012 11:06 PM
    $50.00, bit, blades, blunt, bought, buy, chipped, chips, gday, h&f, jointer, memory, peter, professionally, region, replace, set, sharpen, sharpened, standard, sydney, thinking, western, wondering
    • Replies: 6
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    26th April 2012, 11:37 PM Go to last post
  13. 6000 grit "cloudy" finish on King waterstone

    Started by snafuspyramid, 1st September 2011 09:16 PM
    1200, 400, 6000, abrasive, argued, bevel, book, cloudy, colour, contamination, convincingly, develop, dry, estimate, finish, flattening, grit, hocks, king, people, polishing, sharpening, shiny, stone, titans, trust, uniform, w&d, waterstone, wet
    • Replies: 6
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    5th October 2011, 10:45 PM Go to last post
  14. 6000 grit; where to now?

    Started by snafuspyramid, 27th August 2011 05:24 PM
    $100, 6000, 8000, barber, cheaper, chisel, finally, flexcut, gold, green, grit, hint, idea, impregnated, learning, managed, mdf, microbevel, options, produce, recommend, respectably, scratches, sharp, sharper, shave, similar, strop, veritas, waterstone
    • Replies: 5
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    29th August 2011, 09:36 AM Go to last post
  15. 8 in planer thickneser blade sharpening

    Started by dennis perkin, 17th July 2009 07:23 AM
    apreciated, blade, blades, cheers, dennis, diy, expensive, greatly, grinder, hints, home, jig, jointer, linisher, planer, sander, sharpening, similar, solution, stone, thickneser, tormek, wet
    • Replies: 5
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    27th July 2009, 05:29 PM Go to last post
  16. 8 inch wheels and buffs on 6 inch grinder

    Started by qwertyu, 1st October 2021 11:09 AM
    • Replies: 1
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    1st October 2021, 11:29 AM Go to last post
  17. 800 King = ?? W&D

    Started by Theodor, 3rd October 2008 03:20 AM
    800, blades, cheers, coarse, equivalent, flatten, found, hallow, king, mark, plane, quicker, require, sandpaper, slightly, stones, w&d, wandd, waterstone
    • Replies: 3
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    4th October 2008, 04:46 AM Go to last post
  18. 8000 grit Waterstone alternative?

    Started by Tiger, 22nd August 2012 02:28 PM
    8000, alternative, alternatives, edge, grit, impressed, materials, mess, sharpening, sharpness, stone, waterstone, waterstones
    • Replies: 11
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    29th August 2012, 05:48 AM Go to last post
  19. 8k (6k-10k) stone - need your help. Thank you

    Started by rmihai, 23rd April 2015 01:24 AM
    6k10k, stone
    • Replies: 3
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    11th May 2015, 01:06 PM Go to last post
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    16th July 2020, 08:22 PM Go to last post
  20. A 'new' gadget for saw filing

    Started by jmk89, 11th November 2011 09:05 AM
    187410, 187411, again.u, attaches, bar, buy, delivered, device, ebay, file, filing, fleam, gadget, instructions, itching, level, line, parallel, plate, rake, reckon, steady, tooth, veritas
    • Replies: 11
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    13th October 2012, 07:20 PM Go to last post
  21. A beginners experience with diamond paste

    Started by KyleH, 16th November 2012 07:42 PM
    • Replies: 10
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    25th November 2012, 04:17 PM Go to last post
  22. a better sharpening station tray

    Started by jaspr, 27th July 2008 11:44 AM
    bench, black, cheap, coincidently, deep, double, drainer, effective, fits, floor, found, granit, granite, mop, nicely, occaisionally, ruining, sharpen, sharpening, sink, slab, soak, solution, spritz, station, top, tray, water, workshop, worrying
    • Replies: 10
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    7th September 2008, 11:09 AM Go to last post
  23. A bit of sharpening sacrilege to brighten your day.

    Started by truckjohn, 23rd March 2024 02:25 AM
    • Replies: 10
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    29th March 2024, 06:50 AM Go to last post
  24. a cat amongst the pigeons

    Started by surfmat, 29th February 2012 03:33 PM
    $139, cat, cheaper, cough, experience, gmc, pigeons, rail, rebrand, risk, run, sharpener, spectrum, tormek, town, wetstone, wondering
    • Replies: 14
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    17th March 2012, 05:52 PM Go to last post
  25. a cautionary tale.....

    Started by fletty, 16th July 2012 07:01 PM
    1.25, acceptable, bit, blood, cautionary, day, diamond, earth, finish, fit, fletty, marathon, night, plate, pushed, reason, shapton, sharpening, shed, short, started, stone, tale, titan, utter, veritas, wet, yesterday, zen, zone
    • Replies: 2
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    16th July 2012, 11:50 PM Go to last post
  26. A couple of grit/grade questions...

    Started by RedShirtGuy, 16th March 2015 08:14 PM
    couple, grit or grade, questions
    • Replies: 7
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    27th March 2015, 03:24 AM Go to last post
  27. A Curious Contraption

    Started by pmcgee, 10th January 2013 07:41 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    • Replies: 23
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    11th February 2013, 04:33 PM Go to last post
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 688
    12th August 2021, 11:11 AM Go to last post
  28. A good start

    Started by jmk89, 9th October 2008 07:16 AM
    aspect, authors, blog, distinguishes, edge, entry, forward, good, helpful, installment, keen, matters, opinion.2tsup, pictures, sharp, start
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 1,948
    11th October 2008, 08:04 AM Go to last post

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