Had you already seen the famous pussycat woodworking tools? ;-)
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Andrea":ecrg4ct4 said:Had you already seen the famous pussycat woodworking tools? ;-)
pedder":ba5r42t9 said:Hi Andrea,
welcome to the Forum!
pedder":ba5r42t9 said:Would you mind to tell a littl bit more about your file holder?
pedder":ba5r42t9 said:Pedder, who has removed the red japaning on his eclipse77 two weeks ago.
Alf":5klpwqas said:Welcome, Andrea.
Alf":5klpwqas said:I can only assume you had an Eclipse 77 dropped on your head as a child and are taking revenge...
adidat":dtzvb74u said:you need to post three times before you can post images
Andrea":3uyskeel said:pedder":3uyskeel said:Pedder, who has removed the red japaning on his eclipse77 two weeks ago.
Why?
I have repainted the working window of another Eclipse 77 I own and I also paint the top of the little hammer.
Andrea":zz6oca5j said:It is both a handle for needle files and also a guide to maintain the right slope, in this case 14 ° negative.
Needle files are not very long and when I sharpen crosscut saws (in this case 28° rake), if I use the usual block fixed at the tip, I find I have a too short stroke with the file, so I made this adjustable handle.
To adjust the handle/guide, I had to build another guide.
pedder":1l5au2ej said:I wonder why you all believe to have to use jigs for sharpening a saw. Read carefully: I talk about sharpening not retoothing.
pedder":2752kbae said:I agree on having a long handle is a good thing. But I wonder if your handle is comfortable after an hour of filing or two.
pedder":1rz1e834 said:I wonder why you all believe to have to use jigs for sharpening a saw. Read carefully: I talk about sharpening not retoothing.
So if your adria or veritas or lie-nielsen saw gets dull after half a year of intensive use there are given regular angles in fleam and rake nontheless. Why not lay the file in the gullet and give one stroke per gullet. Often half a stroke ist enough. You just have to look closely what you are doing. Only things you need are good light and good eyes (or good glases as in my case.).
If you get used to that, you don't need jigs even when retoothing.
Andrea":1btw7ogm said:pedder":1btw7ogm said:I agree on having a long handle is a good thing. But I wonder if your handle is comfortable after an hour of filing or two.
Ciao Pedder,
I'm not able to answer to your question because I've never filed for more than half an hour consecutively.
Anyway I think that, with needle files, an uncomfortable handle is better then no-handle.
Andrea":1llttuc9 said:
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