I have been turning for about a year now and while I have achieved a
suitable level of mediocrity, I am having trouble climbing up the skill
level ladder, most which I blame on my tools (Of course). But my wife gave
me an early Christmas present, the "Woodturning: Fundamentals of Sharpening"
DVD put out by AAW, and I now understand that it isn't the fault of my
tools, but how I have been sharpening them. Even with the Oneway Wolverine
Jig system, I have been having a real problem getting repeatable grinds, and
I was really starting to get discouraged. I have a couple of books that go
into sharpening in detail, but I was never able to translate that to a
properly sharpened tool. But after watching this DVD, I went down to my
workshop and became a sharpening fool, even my roughing gouge cuts like a
knife through hot butter. One of the things that I really liked about the
video was that four different instructors gave instructions on four
different areas of sharpening wood turning tools, using both free hand
methods as well as the proper techniques for the Wolverine jig system. This
really allows you to examine different techniques and to use the one that
suits you the best. I can not recommend this DVD highly enough, if you are
just getting started it should be on your list of must have items.



It is available from Alan Lacer's site http://www.alanlacer.com (he is one
of the presenters and from AAW http://www.woodturner.org.