wood burrs
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Sorry Mark - if you're a newbie and asking about advice on sharpening your tools, stay away from difficult woods like burrs - you'll waste your money and break your heart.
As for sharpening - a basic bench grinder is the minimum, depending on your budget you could end up spending more than you probably have on your lathe on sharpening setups and wetstones. Do a search on sharpening systems - that'll give you some info'.
Chris.
As for sharpening - a basic bench grinder is the minimum, depending on your budget you could end up spending more than you probably have on your lathe on sharpening setups and wetstones. Do a search on sharpening systems - that'll give you some info'.
Chris.
Oakbear
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+1 re burrs. You need at least the basics with regular timber first.
When you fancy tackling one, timber suppliers sometimes have them, but they can be dear. Old-school woodyards tends to be a better bet, or indeed a friendly tree surgeon.
For sharpening the best way imho is to learn on a grinder by hand.
After you have the basics you can use a jig for speed, but it's a very handy skill to have (and one i've still not fully mastered!).
Main sharpening tip is keep your tools sharp at all times!
Also worth knowing that new tools don't come properly sharpened....
When you fancy tackling one, timber suppliers sometimes have them, but they can be dear. Old-school woodyards tends to be a better bet, or indeed a friendly tree surgeon.
For sharpening the best way imho is to learn on a grinder by hand.
After you have the basics you can use a jig for speed, but it's a very handy skill to have (and one i've still not fully mastered!).
Main sharpening tip is keep your tools sharp at all times!
Also worth knowing that new tools don't come properly sharpened....
Darren D Breeze
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Hi Mark, I agree with the other guys about the burrs, lovely bits of wood but can be difficult to turn. Where abouts in Narfark are you? I live just outside Beccles on Norfolk/Suffolk border, your welcome to pop over and and see my set up and i'll help you out where ever i can, there is a local club here in Beccles which i attend, another good club in Norwich where im on the committee, one at Martham, another at Beetley, Wymondham club has just closed and some of the members have joined Norwich, so lots of places around, all will give help and advise freely, and a great place to meet other turners, some probably very local to you. Pm if you like and i'll give you my number. Darren
Hi all,
Thanks for the replies iv'e checked out the sharpening grinders and some are more than my lathe
so i'll just get one for learning on now,and darren i'll try and get over soon thanks for the advice.
mark.
Thanks for the replies iv'e checked out the sharpening grinders and some are more than my lathe
so i'll just get one for learning on now,and darren i'll try and get over soon thanks for the advice.mark.
Woodchips2
Established Member
Hi Mark
I learned a lot of the basics of woodturning including free-hand sharpening from Woodturning Techniques DVD by Gary Rance http://www.garyrance.co.uk/dvd/gary-ran ... iques-dvd/. I've got other woodturning DVDs but this is the one I most often go back to for a refresher on the basic techniques.
Regards Keith
I learned a lot of the basics of woodturning including free-hand sharpening from Woodturning Techniques DVD by Gary Rance http://www.garyrance.co.uk/dvd/gary-ran ... iques-dvd/. I've got other woodturning DVDs but this is the one I most often go back to for a refresher on the basic techniques.
Regards Keith
