WENN

My late 50's Dewalt has a permanent sentimental place in my shop. I bought it from my Dad before he passed away, used it for several years, cut virtually every stick of dimension lumber that went into building my house. Now, with a great Milwaukee slider and Festools I haven't used my RAS since the early 80's. It's purpose now is as a "bench" to hold many of my Festool Systainers. I'll probably never be able to bring myself to sell it even though it will probably never get turned on again.

Ron

Nice job & very practical!

By the way, I found a good deal on very accurate surface plates at Enco Tools:
The 9x12x2 plate (#SW640-0100) is $14.95 and the 12x18x3 plate is $24.95. They have a free shipping code (PFSNOV) until the end of December.

http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PMAKA=SW640-0100

I'm a new amateur woodworker & I will be very interested to see a bit of how you outfit your sharpening station. I suppose the granite surface plate will be used for the "scary sharp" sharpening method. What grit paper(s) do you typically use? Will you use the self-adhesive papers or perhaps 3M 77? What is involved with removing the paper from the S. plate to go to the next higher grit? Can the papers also be re-applied to the S. plate or just used the one time?
Thanks.

After reading your book "Made by Hand" I was pleased to find this blog for more of your projects & writing -- I enjoy your work.