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Some of the attendees of the sharpening and skew workshops held at Barb's Barn |
The instructor for both days was Kurt Hertzog |
Saturday, sharpening day, covered tool angles, grinders, wheels, safety, fixtures, and cutting basics |
Kurt demonstrates the sharpening of a ring tool using a diamond hone |
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After the lecture and demos, everyone had plenty of equipment and fixtures to sharpen their tools |
Lance Kanaby works on one of his skew chisels |
Bob Harrington turned his troublesome skew from this ... |
to this |
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Bob gives his "new" skew a test run to make sure it cuts the way it should |
Jim Hilburger dropped in to see how things were going |
After lunch, Kurt reviews the basics of stance, balance, rubbing the bevel, tool handling, etc. |
Here he covers the scraping tools in contrast to the cutting tools |
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Ron Fultz checks the grind on one of his tools with Kurt |
Sunday's workshop was dedicated totally to the care and use of the skew chisel |
The combination of lecture, demonstration, practice, and projects seemed to work well. |
Getting started with the demonstration of rounding stock with a skew |
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Photos by Barb Berger |
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