A Dedicated Sharpening Bench – part 1
“The best hand tools in the world are worthless in the hands of the woodworker who cannot...
Read Moreby tom | Nov 25, 2009 | A Dedicated Sharpening Bench, Journal | 7 |
“The best hand tools in the world are worthless in the hands of the woodworker who cannot...
Read Moreby tom | Nov 26, 2009 | A Dedicated Sharpening Bench, Journal | 2 |
Working off of my sketches and existing examples of trusted, work bench construction methods, I...
Read Moreby tom | Nov 30, 2009 | A Dedicated Sharpening Bench, Journal | 8 |
With the bench top work surface squared on six sides I’ll measure and lay out the rabbets...
Read Moreby tom | Dec 2, 2009 | A Dedicated Sharpening Bench, Journal | 5 |
I mentioned in the first post that I’m using some ‘off the shelf’ hardwood for...
Read Moreby tom | Dec 4, 2009 | A Dedicated Sharpening Bench, Journal | 10 |
In my last post I finished the leg to bench surface joinery and can now get into the rest of the...
Read Moreby tom | Dec 9, 2009 | A Dedicated Sharpening Bench, Journal | 11 |
With the frame assembly dry fit and the bench surface placed into the leg joinery, I carefully...
Read Moreby tom | Dec 12, 2009 | A Dedicated Sharpening Bench, Journal | 10 |
In the last post I finished off the cut out for the granite plate insert and I’m ready to...
Read Moreby tom | Jan 2, 2010 | A Dedicated Sharpening Bench, Journal | 11 |
In my last post I finished gluing the bench together so now I’m ready for the drawers and...
Read Moreby tom | Feb 22, 2010 | A Dedicated Sharpening Bench, Journal | 5 |
David Richards has a new post over at www.finewoodworking.com about drawing dovetails using a new plug in for Sketch-up. Sitting here sipping my morning coffee and wondering what the hell happened to…
Read Moreby tom | May 19, 2011 | A Dedicated Sharpening Bench, Journal, Sharpening | 4 |
Tom.
I was wondering what sharpening kit you use? I have the shapton glass-ceramic stones and although I love them I have gone through two of the 1000 grit stones in the last few years. Do you use or know anyone that use the professional shaptons?
Read Moreby tom | Jun 10, 2013 | A Dedicated Sharpening Bench, Journal, Sharpening | 5 |
During my classes over the last couple of months, I repeatedly get asked questions like;...
Read Moreby tom | Jun 19, 2013 | A Dedicated Sharpening Bench, In and Around the Woodshop, Journal | 0 |
I received a letter from a reader in the Knoxville area and wanted to share. Brent has built a...
Read Moreby tom | Sep 28, 2013 | A Dedicated Sharpening Bench, Journal, Sharpening | 13 |
Honing guides. Yes, it’s OK to use them and no, they aren’t considered cheating. If...
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