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Re: So I bought my first hand planes today,

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Re: I like the Veritas MKII, but

paul womack

>AFAIK in most countries you can get side-clamping jigs for very little money; the cheap ones are fine; the whole point of this jig is minimum (but neccessary) intervention in an otherwise manual sharpening method.

This means that a cheap, low precision knock-off is a good entry point to having sharp blades.

Bear in mind that the jig helps you sharpen; you still need to excercise a certain "sympathy" with blade and stone.

Let the jig help *you* guide and control the blade - don't expect the jig to do all the controlling, let the jig control you, and you control the blade.

In particular there should not be a great deal of pressure on the jig's wheel, if you're doing it right.

BugBear

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