Today I received some bling bling from Germany 😎 Attachment : IMG_20210519_114043676_PORTRAIT.jpg All the other stuff should arrive fairly soon as well. oooh I cannot wait , this is go...

Yesterday, I put my fret slot cutting jig on a piece of mdf and added 2 clamps to hold the fretslot template and fretboard firmly in position.Up for the first test: Flying V fretboard Attachment : ...

I'd probably try the @mattbeels approach. Should be cleaner than dissolving it and risking it spreading out over a wider area. Congrats @cheesewhisk, that looks like a nice neat build. 👍 W...

Looking good @cheesewhisk!

Now I need to figure out how to get the blobs of superglue off the fretboard. Why is it every time Mark says 'it's important you don't x,y,z' do I always manage to do exactly that 🤣 Anyways, ...

@cheeswhick There is a solvent for superglue, I think Wickes have it

@koendb This one, it’s worth going for a quality one from a wood supplier and not Amazon or eBay as they can be cheap versions from China which as previously commented don’t work too well. The guide a...

I find the roller style jig that Mark demonstrated on one of the live streams to be the most cost effective solution for planes and chisels. In which live stream was this? i recently bought 2 planer...

Veritas is a really good brand. Post a pic when you get it!

Decision made .... I've bought the Veritas Honing Guide "system", based on the recommendation of my local friendly cabinet maker! It's not really much cheaper than the Rutlands gadget, but the Veritas...

@bpower I also prefer free hand sharpening on diamond stones and try to only use a guide if I’ve gone off square. Little and often works for me to keep an edge. However after years of free hand sharpe...

Just to put my two cents in here. I've been a "hand tool" woodworker for a while now and I prefer to freehand my sharpening. I have invested in good diamond plates and they have been working very well...

@tv1, the nice thing about picking up a vintage one is that if you don't get on with it you can probably sell it on for much what you bought it for. And you get a bit of history.

Cheers @jonhodgson. I was stretching a bit when thinking of possible upsides for that tool! There are “vintage” Eclipse 36s on eBay for <£20. That’s probably a better approach that giving £60 to...

I guess the upside is that you're not running the guide on top of the stone, so there's no wear to the stone @tv101 - you're dragging a hardened steel edge over the stone, I doubt you need to worry a...

there is no magic bullet that’s suddenly going to work. @rocknroller912 I'm not suggesting there's a magic bullet, I don't even know if this jig is an effective bullet, my point is that with a job th...

I find the roller style jig that Mark demonstrated on one of the live streams to be the most cost effective solution for planes and chisels. I watched that livestream too @rocknroller912, and have ha...

@tv101 There are a lot of factors in keeping hand tools sharp and my experience over 60 years of woodworking is that’s there is no magic bullet that’s suddenly going to work. Particularly so in regard...

I think the only important question is, does it work? Sharpening is something we should be doing regularly, "getting quite blunt" should be synonymous with "no longer usable for shaving" rather than "...

Attachment : image.png Keeping my tools sharp and effective is one of the challenges that I've yet to master. Chisels, planes, screwdrivers, some - if not most - of them are getting quite blun...