Shapton Sharpening Pond hideNBIS

Shapton Sharpening Pond hideNBISThe Shapton Sharpening Pond is a heavy duty, glass and rubber "pond" designed to hold traditional water stones in a bath of water as they need to be soaked prior to use. We prefer the Shapton HR Glass stones over traditional water stones and they do not require soaking in water prior to use; however, we do find the Shapton Sharpening Pond still very useful for containing all of the water used during sharpening to keep your sharpening area clean.

We beefed up the lamp's stem by inserting a steel rod into it to prevent the lamp from bending or breaking at this traditionally weak spot

preventing the back of the chisel from abruptly lifting on longer paring operations

2-3/8" wide x 7" long blade with matched Chip-breaker

If you use hand planes then you need a mill bastard metal file

This is for the rental of a training the Hand tool kit to use while attending Rob Cosman's Training the hand Workshop

thoroughly explaining each step as he demonstrates

The wood color ranges from a light tan to a dark brown

Extra thick steel tape (

During the first segment workshop participants will learn how to turn a lidded box with an inlay and chatterwork

Cubic boron nitride

Recesses are cut out and chamfered to fit around the Sjoberg vise rectangular way tubes and threaded screw rod

This video provides you with bench-side instruction on how to restore old hand planes into usable condition