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4th August 2004, 10:40 PM #1
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Book on Sharpening
Just got my Woodcraft email newsletter and one of the items they are promoting is a book called 'The Complete Guide to Sharpening' by Leonard Lee. They have a page where you can read one of the opening chapters which I found very interesting and revealing. So, check it out:
http://shop.woodcraft.com/Woodcraft/...8NL&URLCheck=1
Preview some more pages:
http://www2.woodcraft.com/Books/3108/default.aspx?
Couple of pics from the first link:
Wilkinson Sword razor blade
Chisel sharpened on a 6000x water stone then honed with chromium-oxide honing compound.
Both photos taken at 2 micron scale (1 micron equals one millionth of a meter).
btw, you can subscribe to the email on their main page. (click on ENewsletter on the left)
http://www.woodcraft.com/Wayne
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4th August 2004, 10:44 PM #2
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Geeze, the both look like bits of firewood that have been split with an axe...
Cliff.
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4th August 2004, 10:46 PM #3
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Free Potting Bench Plan
Forgot to mention the free plan on the Woodcraft site. UBuild-It Potting Bench - might be something to make SWMBO happy after you buy that next toy.... tool
http://shop.woodcraft.com/Woodcraft/...=false&GiftID=
(love free plans - another reason to subscribe to their enewsletter)Wayne
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4th August 2004, 10:49 PM #4
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Cliff - amazing how something looks at extreme magnification. They are some other pics on the article showing a Wire Edge - very cool.
Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
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4th August 2004, 10:58 PM #5
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It is a good book on sharpening. He covers all the tools. He was the founder of Lee Valley
paul
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5th August 2004, 12:04 AM #6
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Thanks for the reference Wayne. I recall seeing some similar SEM pics in an article on sharpening in a recent copy of Fine Woodworking.
MartinWhatever note you blow youre never more than a semitone away from the correct one....(Miles Davis)
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5th August 2004, 10:31 AM #7
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I bought it a couple of years ago, and would recommend it to anyone!
About the only omission is instruction on sharpening scissors, and I'd love to hear from anyone with a clue on that.
Cheers,
P
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6th August 2004, 11:24 AM #8
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G'day.
I managed to revieve a couple of pairs of scissors on my Tormek using
the instructions in the book that came with it.Cliff.
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6th August 2004, 10:38 PM #9
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Cliff, How to you rate the Tormek? (ease of use and value)
I'd love to buy one but it seems a lot of brass.
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9th August 2004, 09:56 AM #10
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G'day.
Good, expensive, VERY SLOW!!!
I took some of the fittings off it for the gouges & adapted them to my
regular dry white wheel grinder.
I still use the Tormek for other things/tools but it's not fast enough for
shaping/sharpening my turning tools.Cliff.
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9th August 2004, 11:09 PM #11
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Originally Posted by Paul O'H. Ingersoll Canad
...he still is....
Cheers -
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10th August 2004, 11:10 AM #12
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Gee Rob,
Don't hang out here mate, you'll get a swelled head, find a board where someone has a bad word to say about your store/products/book.
keep up the good service / infoGreat minds discuss ideas,
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small minds discuss people
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11th August 2004, 06:30 AM #13
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Hi Dave - Originally Posted by DaveInOz
Gee Rob,
Don't hang out here mate, you'll get a swelled head, find a board where someone has a bad word to say about your store/products/book.
keep up the good service / info
Won't be any bad words tomorrow....we're dropping the prices on 500 items, in advance of the catalogue mailing next month....and if the difference is significant - we mail refund cheques unsolicited to those who've purchased the items since June.... sure way to get lots of head swelling letters!
Thanks for the kind comments -
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12th August 2004, 09:15 AM #14
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I ordered this book and a few others back in June this year from Taunton press and I'm still waiting even though they were ex stock.
Is this sort of delay from Taunton normal - if so I might not consider them for future buys______________
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18th August 2004, 03:07 PM #15
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Hi folks,
Just picked up the book from Borders in the mall, $49.95 only read a few bits so far, and am impressed with the detail and explanations.
I just hope that I don't become one of those that sits around sharpening things all the time, oh well back to the grindstone.
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