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Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: The New Complete Guide to the Band Saw

I have been following the various articles in FWW magazine by Michael Fortune on tuning and use of the bandsaw with great interest. I would greatly appreciate a copy of Mark Duginske's book to further enhance what I have learn't to date

posted: 2:38 am on April 29th  

Re: A Sharpening Strategy: beyond a sharp edge.

Derek

I used a leather strop for a number of years. However, around 10 years ago I changed to using a piece of 18mm MDF with a very small dab of "Autosol" chrome polish ( Repco stock this ). I have found this gives a much better edge with less danger of Drubbing the edge. A piece of fairly coarse abrasive on the back of the MDF will prevent this moving around the bench.

To test the cutting edge, I use a piece of end grain Jelutong, which shows a clear glossy finish when the edge is nice. Otherwise it will show scratches when their are minute nicks in the blades or a fuzzy finish when the edge is not truly sharp.

Regards

posted: 5:04 pm on February 28th