This same jig works very well for holding spacers, guards, and frames for filework too. Either longways on the jig, or using the short side.

I agree with JJ, the carbide insert guides are the way to go, if you have the $. If not, well this will get you by for a while. Nick, I took tw...

Nick, I finish my O-1 to about 120 on the disc before hardening/tempering. After HT, I finish to about 400 by mechanical means and them proceed to han...

Nick, you have probably seen these filing jigs that are commercially available that are machine made with carbide faces. these are also useful for fil...

Ronald, Please. Call me Josh. I appreciate the formality and all, but seriously. It's Josh. If you want to get formal, call me Joshua! As for...

[quote name='JJ Simon' date='21 July 2016 - 11:02 AM' timestamp='1469124167' post='17733'] I was hoping there would be more discussion and pattern d...

This conversation would have been a great addition to the topic of the month thread this month. Especially the parts about stock removal patterns as o...

That's a nice looking W pattern JJ. The coarse grain is a bold look, and yes, it does look a little like faces. This W pattern I made under commission...

I recently lost our home computer and an external hard drive within weeks of one another (power surges) and have been unable to retrieve most of my kn...

I'm a little late to this party, but I use an orange citrus degreaser when hand sanding blades, and simple green when hand sanding fittings on the gra...

[quote name='Ed Caffrey' date='30 June 2016 - 07:03 PM' timestamp='1467338639' post='17495'] I can break it down in a simple statement...... It's al...

[quote name='Steve Culver' date='05 July 2016 - 06:44 PM' timestamp='1467769493' post='17559'] How can surface ground pieces of the same steel, buri...

[quote name='Tucker_Parris' date='01 July 2016 - 09:32 AM' timestamp='1467390757' post='17507'] i start my bevels by hand then knock them out pretty...