Is there a "best" brand of lathe tools? - FineWoodworking
2009年11月1日 · The best Wood turning chisels are made of M42. M42 is basically a HSS steel that is doped with 5 to 10% Cobalt. The M42 cutting edges stay 5 to 10 times longer sharp then on a common HSS tool. I hear you: carbide tools are harder and should be sharp for longer, but my answer is. Carbide cutting tools are great for metal due to the smaler free ...
What’s the best CBN grit for sharpening tools? - FineWoodworking
2023年12月13日 · The fine wheel can heat up turning tools or carving tools. The Tormek is great that way, but takes forever if you’re going to change the shape of the tool much. So I’d like to be able to rough out the tool on the Rikon rough wheel and then shape it efficiently on the CBN wheel. For some tools, that might be the finish grind.
Benjamin's Best tools - FineWoodworking
2009年5月7日 · Well Chris tell us what you think of your Benjamin's best tools. I am thinking of buying their bowl turning set as I got a great batch of spindle tools with the lathe when I bought it from an old man. I almost went out and bought P& N but saw the Ben's best and thought maybe someone else thought they are ok and checked here first.
Sharpening woodworking tools: 9 great articles - FineWoodworking
2020年3月30日 · The first step to mastering any woodworking skill is to start with the right tools, and as usual, the best tool to start with is a sharp one. Professional furniture maker and instructor David Douyard starts his sharpening process at the slow-speed grinder, equipped with a …
Sharpening Lathe Tools for Woodworking
2019年4月2日 · A thought that occurred to me as I watched this. People often ask why turners sharpen so often; while bowl turning is a slightly different beast, the math works the same. When turning a 10” bowl at 1000 rpm the tool is taking a shaving that’s nearly six miles long every minute its in contact with the wood. Sharp tools don’t stay sharp long.
Tool Test: Midi Lathes - FineWoodworking
2023年10月27日 · Turning a stool seat that’s dished underneath is largely an ergonomics and access test. It shows how comfortable and/or easy it is to work at various positions around the lathe and whether or not the machine’s design gets in the way of routine turning tasks. 7. Roughing an irregular square bowl blank.
Make your own woodworking tools - FineWoodworking
2020年8月10日 · Shopmade Tools Help Cut Better Dovetails. By Clark Kellogg “One size fits all” hand tools didn’t offer the precision and control Clark Kellogg needed to lay out and cut dovetails to his own satisfaction, so he made a set of chisels and a dovetail marker. The dovetail marker enables him to lay out angled and straight lines without moving ...
Hand-tool buyer's guide - FineWoodworking
Synopsis: We’ve been conducting real-world tests on the best hand tools for decades now, long before the explosion in hand-tool appreciation of the past few years. From combination squares to handsaws to bench chisels and waterstones, we survey the hand tools that got the best reviews in head-to-head tests over the past 20 years.
Which Waxes Work Best? - FineWoodworking
2024年12月12日 · A mass-market wax, Johnson’s is almost as good as the best waxes. It has a rather strong mineral spirits smell but it went on almost as easily as the Renaissance wax with a slippery, wet feel. Buffing it was also simple, both on the wood where it produced a slightly lower sheen and on the mirror where all the wax came off easily.
Episode 2: Sharpening Turning Tools - FineWoodworking
2015年3月25日 · Hi. I just watched the episode on sharpening turning tools. Good video. But Mike says to use 45 degrees then he sets the grinder's rest at that angle and starts grinding. Doesn't the height of that rest in relation to the wheels center also matter-I believe it does. He doesn't mention the height of the rest and where that should be.