saintjohnbarleycorn

interesting thanks.

If you get a chance I am curious as to what that looks like thanks.

also with the gouge , take the gouge on a dowel upside down and cut the dowel or wood to the exact curve of the gouge, and then get some jewlers rouge or chromium oxide and put it on the dowel then you have a final sharpening for the inside.

you can get a piece of 1/2" glass table top, or piece of granite cut off for free, that will give you a very flat surface to work with and then as jezzupe suggested the scary sharp does work very well on the cheap , of course there is a learning curve like anything else. Part of the trick is to keep it sharp , not to let it get too dull before sharpening again , that save a lot of time in the long run , if you have to reshape a blade , I think a grinder will be needed.. good luck

ha! to tell the truth I can't remember what Idea I had bought that one for a lot of my ideas don't always work out !

looks like balt and maybe buck ?

I threw this together to get better ergonomics , works pretty well, for more stability I clamp a piece of wood to it and the bench . can move it up and down to suit standing or sitting. It was on sale at woodworkers for 99.00

thanks for the info, birthday coming up and I will add one more gouge to the collection.

that is a handy tool for sure, !!

sorry man , been there done that. I hope you can figure something out.

funny as that is it kinds of looks like it might be the place to put the strings. if you have never seen a violin before

there should be led lights for photography by now , you should be able to find the right kelvin temp or combination to fit regular light sockets.

my sister lives in halifax , I was under the impression they did it throughout canada, I would say maybe three years or more ago?

I have one also, but I have had very good luck with mine, I have had no trouble with bearings , I did the stubby nubs mod on it. built a few jigs , used the homemade dics, particularly like the angle adjustment underneath for the plane and chisel sharpening.

I used the same thickness's as maple .