Afraid to use it

I have your solution

Jack Guzman from Maine

Send it to me. I'll break it in for you. Nice tool,enjoy.

Re: I have your solution

eliot feldman

Not a bad idea. I once made a classical guitar and brought it to my lesson, where at that time I was paying the guy $50/ hour for instruction. Teacher was very impressed and proceeded to play it for about half an hour. I finally said,"What about my lesson?" He said, "Well, I'm breaking in your guitar."

Re: Afraid to use it

Steve D, in CT

Be grateful you didn't get an NX60. Mine is sitting in the box with the little fake blade still installed.

Damn, they're gorgeous.

Re: Afraid to use it

eliot feldman

It is an NX60. Yes, gorgeous!

I wonder what Rob Lee's thinking was...

Steve D, in CT

The NXs became available recently but not in the US or Canadian sites. Pricing is pretty dear but that doesn't seem to stop woodworkers from buying.

I'd be interested to know if the sellers put in a special order or if they were hanging around LV waiting to be sold. Just not enough production capacity for a North American rollout?

Re: Afraid to use it

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

Eliot, it is damn gorgeous. I mentioned before, even my wife thought so - her theory was that it was styled after a Porsche 911.

Even better than looking at it is using it

Enjoy!

Regards from Perth

Derek

Re: Afraid to use it

Brian R

Wondering....how would one make the decision as to A2, O1 or PM-V11 tool steel?

Thanks for any wisdom.

Re: Afraid to use it

Steve D, in CT

My 2 cents:

O1 is easy to sharpen on any stone, including natural oil stones and can be sharpened at a low angle, like 25 degrees.

I have had good experience with PM-V11 but it is more effort to sharpen and I find it very slow to hone on natural oilstones. I use Sigma Power waterstones on this steel with good results. It seems to be OK with 25 degree bevels too.

A2 if nothing else is available. I don't find any advantage that justifies the extra effort to sharpen it. I find that the bevel needs to be over 30 degrees for the edge to hold up. On a low angle bevel up plane like a DX60 the higher bevel may affect your performance with cutting end grain.

Using hollow grinds with any of those materials will greatly reduce the effort to make and maintain a sharp edge. If all you have is plain carbon steel tools, like O1, adding a more challenging steel may require new sharpening media depending on what you are doing currently.

Re: Afraid to use it

eliot feldman

Derek, I set it up an used it today. Really to die for! Just fantastic! Thanks for the push.

Thanks!