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Shop Update 6/30/17 New Saw, New Sharpening Appliance

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A Few Tools I’ll Be Testing

This week I’m really just trying to get my wits about me after being out of town for a week. But I wanted to tease you with a few new tools that have come into my shop that I’ll be testing in the coming months.

Brian over at BearKatWood sent me a tiny dovetail saw that I have really enjoyed playing with on some recent overlay half blind dovetails. I’m looking forward to using it more in the future and will report back on how it stacks up.

Shawn at Wortheffort Woodworking sent me the prototype of his convenient sharpening appliance and I’m really excited about this, well, convenient sharpening set up. It uses 2 fine grits of sandpaper and a leather strop on a dead flat aluminum base. Very cool fit and finish and perfect for me this summer as I’ll be heading backto Maine in August and it will be great to take along such a simple and all inclusive honing tool.
Take a look at Shawn’s introductory video on this appliance

RWW Live is Next Week

Be there next Thursday night, 7/6, at 7 PM EDT where I’ll fire up the live stream and be answering questions. I haven’t done an entirely open format Q&A so who knows what will happen. Maybe we will end up talking about Charles Ives and what a truly visionary composer he was, or perhaps we can discuss the merits of click bait in your B2B marketing campaign, or maybe some woodworking stuff too!

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Jonas

Eager to see your spoons 🙂

And next time you’re grabbing for a jack plane to narrow down a board an inch or so, or a spokeshave for getting rid of the waste wood in a curved section – grab the knife! You’ll be surprised by how fast it is, and how accurate you can get with some training.

I hope you’ve seen that Wille Sundqvist’s book Swedish Carving Techniques is now translated into English (slightly overkill, as the main benefits are the photos). Most important however, it is again available in print.