Recent content by Arminius

I hone on MDF wheels charged with honing compound, running on a low speed grinder and using different wheels for different profiles. There are quite a few American authors who recommend honing in between sharpenings at the grinder, but seems to be quite a trans-Atlantic divide on this...

Many thanks for the documentation. I will take a crack at it this weekend up at the lake - I keep a vintage cast iron lathe up at a place in the country. With 65 acres of hardwood forest (plus friendly neighbours), I often find more lathe time and material there than in town. I would guess...

That drawing alone is a massive help, thanks very much.

I have recently acquired a vintage chuck, a 6-in-1 universal chuck made by Hattersley and Davidson. It seems to be in good shape, and I'd like to put it into service, but unfortunately there is no documentation with it. Posting here in hopes that someone can point me toward a source for a...