Actually was joking about trying to flatten the base of 607 plane itself.
It's the same as No. 7 plane, ~22 inches long. I work on it for awhile, put
it away and come back to it.. Eventually it will be flat like the others..

Hard to argue with 45 years of experience. I'm headed to Seattle next week
to visit my daughter and will stop on the way at the Woodcraft Store in
Eugene, Oregon (no sales tax state). I'll take a look at it. I rented
David Charlesworth plane and chisel sharpening videos a year or so ago and
was sold on using waterstones. I like the sharpness the stones give you
using his method, but can be very time consuming and messy like you say..
Thanks for advice..

"Swingman" wrote in message
...

"Jim Hall" wrote in message
I wonder if you have to go through the masochistic stone age first to
appreciate a Work Sharp 3000..? Can you flatten a Stanley bedrock 607 on
one of those? That job is wearing me out..

Don't recall the exact dimensions of the 607. but any plane iron up to 2"
wide is easily doable.

The WS 3000 not the end all of sharpening systems by any means, but for
all
of my own plane irons and chisels it has yet to fail me. The ease of
sharpening, and, equally important, keeping the sharpened edges
maintained,
is just so much easier than any other method I've used in over 45 years of
woodworking.

For those tasks that procrastinators like myself hate, like sharpening,
the
easier it is to do, the more likely it is to be done.

--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 5/14/08
KarlC@ (the obvious)