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8th April 2024, 04:32 AM
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M2 has some vanadium carbides in it. Silicon...
M2 has some vanadium carbides in it. Silicon carbide will probably partially cut it, but aluminum oxide will not. If efficiency is important along with fineness combined, diamonds are necessary.
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6th April 2024, 11:17 AM
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OK, here's a test you can do that will split the...
OK, here's a test you can do that will split the stones into two categories.
1) King Gold - if you have the king gold, it will leave a fairly bright polish on hardened steel. you won't have to... -
6th April 2024, 01:01 AM
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Courtesy of the weak yen, I see the kitayama...
Courtesy of the weak yen, I see the kitayama stone is now the equivalent of $36.54 in japan, including a consumption tax and the cost of shipping (as in, total price to your door there). Someone...
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6th April 2024, 12:54 AM
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king's 4k and 6k stones had S-1 or S-3 on them...
king's 4k and 6k stones had S-1 or S-3 on them depending maybe on size? at least that's what I can recall.
the 8000 grit stone that became sort of the retailer standard here for a while had a G... -
3rd April 2024, 01:08 AM
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sure, but I don't know if they do any better than...
sure, but I don't know if they do any better than they would on any other piece of mild steel. Or better yet, good quality blanchard ground cast.
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2nd April 2024, 08:54 AM
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tumbling media is something I'm less familiar...
tumbling media is something I'm less familiar with. I like to get lapidary media because those folks just can't tolerate a good even scratch pattern.
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29th March 2024, 09:57 AM
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Oh yeah, anything in loose grit that's 3 or 4...
Oh yeah, anything in loose grit that's 3 or 4 micron is going to be a world away from a fine arkansas stone in finish. the edge is just rowed and ragged. I tried 5 micron loose diamonds at one point...
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28th March 2024, 10:06 AM
Thread: I like the scraped planes less
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there's a reason it doesn't matter - we plane the...
there's a reason it doesn't matter - we plane the top center off of a convex edge. it's not sprung. if the board is convex on the edge, you can feel the plane changing because it cannot maintain the...
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28th March 2024, 02:19 AM
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by the way, i've used 220 grit SC on the fine...
by the way, i've used 220 grit SC on the fine india, I guess I'd forgotten, but it's at the corner of the shelf right above my bench - i use it when "manufacturing" chisels but have changed my...
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28th March 2024, 02:02 AM
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The same is true for me - the solvents in great...
The same is true for me - the solvents in great quantity - stoddard and naphtha were bad enough. The odd smelling transitional solvents are worse and some of them need an aromatic solvent to thin...
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28th March 2024, 01:22 AM
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What you're attempting to explain is how a plane...
What you're attempting to explain is how a plane will plane a flat piece of wood and keep it flat.
What we're doing dimensioning is planing a piece of wood that's not flat to flat. whatever does... -
27th March 2024, 09:25 PM
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40 inches long for the board. Edge 2" wide. The...
40 inches long for the board. Edge 2" wide. The shavings are even thickness end to end. I'll have to make a few more to get the thickness as I have already cleaned up the last group with a leaf...
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27th March 2024, 08:31 AM
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The entire board is flat until the last four or...
The entire board is flat until the last four or five inches. Flat to a starrett edge.
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27th March 2024, 08:21 AM
Thread: Stanley related . Interesting.
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the lufkin rule in one of my 12" combination...
the lufkin rule in one of my 12" combination squares is 53 hardness. A pretty solid number - a little harder than most saws, but not hard enough that it'd be brittle.
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27th March 2024, 12:55 AM
Thread: Stanley related . Interesting.
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i'd imagine most of the blades aren't fully hard...
i'd imagine most of the blades aren't fully hard and if they're some kind of mid hardness, they'd still be blankable.
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27th March 2024, 12:09 AM
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Amber varnishes and hard copals that are short...
Amber varnishes and hard copals that are short oil are definitely long gone. They were replaced by much cheaper synthetic lacquers and enamels. What remains for boat varnishes now as soft varnishes...
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26th March 2024, 10:27 PM
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If anything, your description would leave the toe...
If anything, your description would leave the toe of my board high as the hands on the back are probably in the last 5 inches. Double the length of your board, double the thickness and increase the...
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26th March 2024, 11:50 AM
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Actually, here is my procedure - it is toe down...
Actually, here is my procedure - it is toe down and tail down at the ends of the cuts, but through the middle, the cut is even. It's not so much a habit that i'm doing something uneven, it's that the...
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26th March 2024, 07:17 AM
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well, the spiers plane is steel but it scraped...
well, the spiers plane is steel but it scraped without issue. I honed at slightly less aggressive than 90 degrees on the scraper and things seemed to go OK, but if it's mild steel, it could be just...
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26th March 2024, 02:16 AM
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Not discouraging anyone from scraping, by the...
Not discouraging anyone from scraping, by the way. I think I will probably when making an infill plane, scrape the sole flat. When making a plane for myself, I will scrape it and then lap it until I...
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26th March 2024, 12:29 AM
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Oh yeah, it's everywhere. Probably up to 55...
Oh yeah, it's everywhere. Probably up to 55 gallon drums, but I did at least see 5 gallon buckets of it or 50 pounds. I'm sure it's used as blasting media when something really aggressive is needed. ...
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26th March 2024, 12:20 AM
Thread: Stanley related . Interesting.
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Try squares, probably. the blade of a smaller...
Try squares, probably. the blade of a smaller square would be just about ideal thickness for a plane screw washer. can just be run through a blanking machine -already even thickness and surface...
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25th March 2024, 11:25 PM
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Typical dimensioning goes something like this -...
Typical dimensioning goes something like this - let's assume facing or thicknessing. You get a flat back side - if you don't, you'll just fight all kinds of nonsense on the face. even if the face...
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25th March 2024, 11:09 PM
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oh yeah, it's a very small amount. if it's...
oh yeah, it's a very small amount.
if it's diamonds, it's literally like what you can pinch between two fingers and not too much more than that and sprinkle it on like pixie dust.
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25th March 2024, 09:11 AM
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This gap you're talking about is doubled on wide...
This gap you're talking about is doubled on wide boards, but the thickness of the shaving in heavy work is also about .008" or something, though that's probably more like .005 or .006" in work.
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24th March 2024, 10:53 PM
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There's no difference in friction that I can...
There's no difference in friction that I can discern, but rather the issue is being able to come on to the board end and off in a very heavy cut and have a flat surface. With the plane dead flat...
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23rd March 2024, 05:26 AM
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I like the scraped planes less
I finally had a chance to clear the toolmaking and varnishing stuff off of my bench. I've scraped a bunch of planes to the point that they are lightfast to the edge of a starrett straight edge no...
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23rd March 2024, 03:28 AM
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yessir on the substrate. Just as I mentioned with...
yessir on the substrate. Just as I mentioned with the bonding grade diamond, the charge can really be anything hard enough to work over the steel. Diamond is convenient if you're sharpening something...
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21st March 2024, 11:10 PM
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Very good result! It's hard to get much past 8"...
Very good result! It's hard to get much past 8" on wheels without getting into some danger or high cost.
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21st March 2024, 09:54 AM
Thread: Love for washitas and alternatives
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(not dictating, by the way. I've just been...
(not dictating, by the way. I've just been through probably 500 stones due to an unhealthy fascination with sharpening things and the toolmaking fuels even more looking at grinding because I...
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21st March 2024, 08:54 AM
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If you're going to grind bevels by hand, the...
If you're going to grind bevels by hand, the medium crystolon is a good choice, but only in an oil bath like the IM-313. it breaks down and clogs itself with its swarf otherwise.
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21st March 2024, 02:48 AM
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I was wrong - it's that particular book that I...
I was wrong - it's that particular book that I have, and I haven't yet sold it. it's also $45 on abe books now (fortunately) and $95 on amazon here.
I do remember in the special planes video (I... -
20th March 2024, 11:52 PM
Thread: Love for washitas and alternatives
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the more you use both the india and washita, the...
the more you use both the india and washita, the more you'll get to like both. It's a different thing than friable synthetics where you love them at first and then their inability to hold a shape...
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20th March 2024, 06:46 AM
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Not grinding the edge off and starting with the...
Not grinding the edge off and starting with the fine india is what I would do. if a washita is strong cutting and the steel involved has no significant carbide volume that isn't iron carbides, then a...
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20th March 2024, 06:12 AM
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I'm fairly sure I dropped the planes book off at...
I'm fairly sure I dropped the planes book off at half price book a few years ago. That's a place where they give you about a dollar a book.
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16th March 2024, 11:20 PM
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Thank goodness...the video is someone with time...
Thank goodness...the video is someone with time and stake in the craft, and not some jabroni who decided they'd make youtube a "career".
Uncle Jim - Bench Planes - YouTube
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16th March 2024, 11:14 PM
Thread: John - Flattening Arkansas Stones
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what kind of oil are you using on the india? they...
what kind of oil are you using on the india? they excel with a lighter weight mineral oil (USP 70 or 100, for example - probably what norton sells).
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16th March 2024, 08:24 AM
Thread: John - Flattening Arkansas Stones
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they vary. I had washitas that were right at 2...
they vary. I had washitas that were right at 2 and some that were above 2.4.
Generally the fineness varied with that, but the case with the softest one that I had was that it seemed "weak" in... -
14th March 2024, 05:18 AM
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that's the magic of a washita if there is such a...
that's the magic of a washita if there is such a thing. You can find soft stones that will work briskly to slowly, but they won't for some reason generate the same edge fineness that a washita does....
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13th March 2024, 06:55 AM
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looks like a washita. If it's dead on 2 SG and...
looks like a washita. If it's dead on 2 SG and not more dense than that, I think it's in the washita category in terms of coarseness, anyway.
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13th March 2024, 04:27 AM
Thread: John - Flattening Arkansas Stones
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in a little while, the fine india will be an...
in a little while, the fine india will be an entirely different stone. It may be possible to make one the way they are when they're new, but I've never done it (and don't want to try).
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12th March 2024, 06:51 AM
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I talked to dan directly, actually. Well, in so...
I talked to dan directly, actually. Well, in so much as you can...what happens is if you call and have a bunch of questions, the CS person will track him down and just ask him your questions and...
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12th March 2024, 03:12 AM
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Yeah, until you get a belt sander, you'll want to...
Yeah, until you get a belt sander, you'll want to have something at least close to flat.
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12th March 2024, 01:15 AM
Thread: Importance of Lapping
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I had at least two (the LA jack and BUS). At the...
I had at least two (the LA jack and BUS). At the same time, there was a (dumb for a hand tooler) big debate going on about what bench height is right, but the high bench thing is driven by the idea...
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10th March 2024, 12:58 AM
Thread: Importance of Lapping
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Ian's statement is accurate - on the 80, there...
Ian's statement is accurate - on the 80, there isn't a lot of blade stability and you have to (at least if sensible) at least set the screw to support the blade.
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8th March 2024, 11:53 PM
Thread: Importance of Lapping
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I had the veritas plane for a while, but didn't...
I had the veritas plane for a while, but didn't find it worth having compared to a plane and card scraper in actual work.
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8th March 2024, 01:24 AM
Thread: Tool for plane makers
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A good friend of mine who was the toolmaker at...
A good friend of mine who was the toolmaker at Williamsburg has a Biax. He spent a lot of time earlier in his life reconditioning metalworking machines, but I think the Biax he has is unused. I think...
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6th March 2024, 06:55 AM
Thread: Plane Insanity
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bummer - lost track of time and thought I had the...
bummer - lost track of time and thought I had the toaster oven on a timer. It climbed to 425 and the resulting iron 61/62 after a pretty solid dark straw temper with total tempering time of about 3...
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6th March 2024, 05:37 AM
Thread: Plane Insanity
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no clue yet on the iron as it's tempering. But I...
no clue yet on the iron as it's tempering. But I did find one useful thing out - it should be hard, but I didn't have to push it temp - wise.
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5th March 2024, 09:57 AM
Thread: Scraping a Plane - shocked at the speed
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received the carbide inserts today. To my...
received the carbide inserts today. To my surprise, they are not 25x25 mm but more like half an inch. They're $10 shipped for 10. I figured when I opened them, i'm sure there was something to...