Google a product called ‘Easy lead’, it’s similar to flashband but more heavy duty and is in fact a lead replacement, used where the theft of lead may be an issue. There are other similar products out there, Klober and Wakaflex being a couple.
Does anyone here have the ability to ‘lock’ their wrists at the right angle for sharpening, like you see on a lot of tutorials? I have to say mine don’t, they just seem to wobble about🙂 I get by without always using a guide but have to resort to it sometimes to re-establish angles. One thing...
Using the latest in crappy usb microscope Swiss optical technology, I‘ve captured this image of the offending timber; looking on the Wood data base site hasn’t come up with anything conclusive, apart from what was used to cut the the timber in their pics is way, way sharper than what I’ve got...
The wide board is the same as the piece with the funny growth rings, it all came from the same church/fittings. Scots pine is known to be hard then? I thought it was tough going when I was ripping the timber in the second pic! Do you think the weird notch in the rings is constant with someone...
Ah, thanks for that, I was wondering. The timber came out of an old Victorian church, part of some seating/pews, I was told it was pitch pine and when messing about with the blow torch/ shou sugi ban, it did seems very resinous. Thanks.
Posted this on Pistonheads for an answer but no joy! I found this weird pattern in the growth rings of some (what I believe) is pitch pine, a quite severe deviation in the growth rings. I know growth rings aren’t perfectly concentric circles but this almost resembles a cardio graph readout! Doea...