On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:25:49 GMT, "Old guy" wrote:

Sounds like you have the right equipment. I love my Veritas rest and
holder.

I need more practice. I ended up not even close to square on the
plane iron. Everything with the rest seems to be square, I even tried
clamping up one of my squares in the holder and it made even contact
across the stone, so I'm pretty sure the rest is setup right

There's a lot of play between the slot in the rest and the bar on the
holder, necessary so you can pivot. Do you keep the bar pushed in, or
let it rest on the back edge?


It's wonderful to have sharp tools!

I've been putting off a sharpening session for too long. Pretty much
everything in the shop that's supposed to be sharp aint. There's one
chisel that's still borderline useableI have the original veritas
honing guide, I'm probably going to suck it up and get the mk II. I
have a $50 GC from christmas that has somehow managed to not be spent
already.


-Leuf