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Aha! Sometimes the old ways are the best ways! Thanks for the photo of your set up. Now I just have to figure out how to do the layout of those shapes... Very cool Moxon vise, by the way.

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Worth the headache, for sure!

Looks like an old style hold down, designed to apply downward pressure on the workpiece. The curved end of the flat spring would bear on the upper surface of a board on the table. I have only seen pictures of these before, so I am not sure how it mounts. It did, I believe, the same job as the more f...

An impressive collection of parts, and all nicely organized! Looks really good, and that level of "de-cluttering" in itself goes a long way towards ensuring the success of future projects.

Slight pressure is not very specific, there's a point where it's tight enough to resist the forces that can shake the way tube assembly. And the tie bar does deform at that point, just a little, but it can be tightened and much more with much more deformation. Certainly there's no need to tighten i...

Matanuska wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:16 pm Very nice. How did you construct the skirt?

I second that question...and also would be interested in hearing how you built the lip around the top. BTW, great project!

Ambitious project! Couple of other thoughts on the end grain 1) might try a light touch with a cabinet scraper and 2) might try reversing the bowl by chucking it on the outboard spindle and sand in that direction.

Very clever idea to use the tools themselves to create the correct shape for the sharpening tool. Also, I am impressed with how clearly your photographs show the process and the results. Question: did you do anything to the inside of the cutting edges? I am guessing that a few strokes with the sandp...

I think you are on the right track with the sandpaper idea. I would definitely try that first. You might also look for a slip stone. I have an old hard arkansas slip with two different radii that works well for the concave inner surfaces of gouges and something like that could also work for your rou...