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16th October 2014, 11:47 PM #121
free set of steak knives.
occationally. Though, I still have trouble with feeling a bit stupid talking to apparently no one in the room. I worry about what my family may think if one of them should walk in on me…..BUT, I'm told its completely acceptable to talk like that……far better than just saying nothing, staring at the ceiling waiting patiently, as though your waiting for someone to answer. Thats when the straightjackets brought out. I'm thinking I probably should invest in some biblical accessories to normalise my look some.
I have an interesting(well I find interesting) example that suggests you don't always need expensive tools. That occasionally cheap tools are actually better.
In the 1st pic there's two paring knives. The bottom one I made myself out of a steak knife from the op-shop that I got for 20cents. The top one is a swish professional one. Payed probably 40 bucks(?), that I bought out of curiosity on impulse.
Of the two the steak knife is far better. reasons….
- it probably took 5minutes to make. Straight onto the grinder to shape it. Then straight onto the buffer to sharpen.
- the edge holds up fine. The other day I spent a whole morning paring up these little ebony pegs(don't ask) without having to resharpen it.
- 20 cents !
The professional knife……..
- cost like $40 bucks
- I can't sharpen on the grinder quickly to reburr because its an aggressive cut and I don't want to damage an expensive tool, So I have to use stones which are far far slower. Because its so slow to get a sharp edge, I DON'T USE IT. don't grow attached to it, so don't defend its existence and my purchase of it.
Its funny that a steak knife holds such a good edge off the grinder. But its perfect. Beats the crap out of the professional tool in this instance.
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Different story in the 2nd pic.
Its another modification. Many experiments fail, but this one was the keeper.
its a stanley 151 spokeshave, with a aftermarket Hock blade. The blade cost me about $50. What I've done is simply flip the blade so the bevel is up. So the blade ends up cutting at a much higher angle. The flipped blade opened the mouth. So I improvised a brass plate. I just super glued into place such that the mouth was closed up. Anyway, the spokeshave is something I use constantly for hardwood spindles or surfaces that have a convex surface…ie. only works when the shavings are quite thin in width because of the increased resistance from the higher blade angle. I can just rip into shaping with this tool with next to no tear. I could use a card scraper but then you could get a wavy result without a reference surface.
Anyway the point is……….. an expensive blade here made all the difference. The tools a failure without it, because the original blade that came with the 151, dulls very quickly with the high blade angle. (not yelling just using bold because its the most important point)
just an opinion on biblical assessories. 2 cents worth.
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26th October 2014, 04:03 PM #122
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26th October 2014, 04:07 PM #123
Cheap is Expensive
Hi Guys
Cheap tools bought from BigChains usually finish up as rather expensive.
Fair Winds
GraemeI will not buy crap tools again.
I will not buy crap tools again.
I will not buy crap tools again.
I will not buy crap tools again.
I will not buy crap tools again.
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