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"bob"

11/07/2005 10:46 PM

clean your blade once in a while

Well, I can be a lazy bastard sometimes. My WWII blade has been burning a
lot lately. I knew it was a bit gummed up, but I just didn't want to mess
with it. Yesterday, I got some nasty burn marks on the edges of some nice
mahogany for a haberdasher I'm building. I finally got the CMT orange stuff
out along with a brass brush. You wouldn't believe the crud on that blade.
It's shiny new looking now. First pass through that mahogany, it slid like
shit through a goose. And no burn marks. I gotta be less lazy in the
future....

Next task: Sharpen those jointer blades that are leaving streak marks on
the wood. Might not have to sand so much......

Bob


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CM

"C & M"

in reply to "bob" on 11/07/2005 10:46 PM

13/07/2005 2:59 PM

Never clean your goose with it. Imagine how that would come out!!


"bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Well, I can be a lazy bastard sometimes. My WWII blade has been burning a
> lot lately. I knew it was a bit gummed up, but I just didn't want to mess
> with it. Yesterday, I got some nasty burn marks on the edges of some nice
> mahogany for a haberdasher I'm building. I finally got the CMT orange
stuff
> out along with a brass brush. You wouldn't believe the crud on that
blade.
> It's shiny new looking now. First pass through that mahogany, it slid
like
> shit through a goose. And no burn marks. I gotta be less lazy in the
> future....
>
> Next task: Sharpen those jointer blades that are leaving streak marks on
> the wood. Might not have to sand so much......
>
> Bob
>
>

MO

Mike O.

in reply to "bob" on 11/07/2005 10:46 PM

14/07/2005 8:25 PM

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:46:31 -0500, "bob"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Next task: Sharpen those jointer blades that are leaving streak marks on
>the wood. Might not have to sand so much......


I don't recommend using dull blades on anything but if you just have a
nick on otherwise sharp blades, (and you have room on the spindle) you
can slide one blade over a hair and it will clean up the marks from
the nicks in the other blades.

Mike O.


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