On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:15:48 -0500, J. Clarke
wrote:

On 5 Feb 2007 03:44:05 -0800, "Charlie Self"
wrote:

On Feb 4, 10:27?pm, Leuf wrote:

There are some skills I just don't see the point of acquiring. One of
them is holding a chisel perfectly at a specific angle while moving it
back and forth. And I would appear to not be alone in this opinion

A lot of bucks for something that can easily be done by hand, if not
quite as accurately--but, then again, who has used this jig and how
accurate is it?

Okay a chisel maybe has a large enough bevel that you could do it by
hand without much practice, but give me a break on the plane irons.
I've tried it before I got a jig and forget about it.

The PSA sheets are well worthwhile--I've been getting them from Lee
Valley for years now, and they ARE truly superior to regular abrasive
sheets for sharpening--but for $100, I think I can pass without pain
on the jig.

At that price it's a third of the way to Jet's Tormek clone. Add a
good set of waterstones and a flattening stone and you're not that far
away.

But if you already have the stones and a guide you aren't satisfied
with it's a little different. I happen to be in the market and there
it was on the cover of the tool porn. Worth at least looking at and
discussing. At almost twice the cost of the veritas mk II I'd need a
lot of convincing, and I don't intend to be the guinea pig to try it
out.

Because it lets you make strokes across the whole stone it's unique as
far as this kind of jig goes. Is that alone worth the price? I don't
think so.


-Leuf