tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post3994764066299733006..comments2023-10-30T05:30:14.873-07:00Comments on I'm a OK guy: Two More Marple ChiselsI'm a OK guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843155822153452980noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-52078068255912872382017-10-13T16:38:38.606-07:002017-10-13T16:38:38.606-07:00Bob,
You are correct, I'm not sure where or w...Bob,<br /><br />You are correct, I'm not sure where or when oil became the "cutting fluid" for "oil stones". <br /><br />I've done the dishwasher thing several times as I've gone back and forth between water and oil for the Ark stones. I think this time I will stick with water but....Check back in a year.<br /><br />BTW, I'm still working on the India stones, the jury is still out on them. <br /><br />ken I'm a OK guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843155822153452980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-17631311392959229432017-10-13T06:46:49.527-07:002017-10-13T06:46:49.527-07:00Ken and Steve
Yers, you can use water on oil stone...Ken and Steve<br />Yers, you can use water on oil stones, but, you must clean the oil from the stone before convertying it to water. Easiest done running your grungy oil st one thru the dishwasher (you may want to ask your spouse firts, just saying :-)<br />Adding soap will help, and will make it feel more like using oil <br /><br />Bob, who washed old oil stones in the dishwasher and survived...:-)Valley Woodworkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322487171914484954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-59787446061351543352017-10-12T16:24:58.650-07:002017-10-12T16:24:58.650-07:00Steve,
I've switched to water with just a lit...Steve,<br /><br />I've switched to water with just a little soap for both for that reason. No problems yet, if there are, just a refresh with a diamond stone to new grit should take care of it.<br /><br />The thing I hate is hassle, and keeping oil away from the water and water from the oil was just too much for my feeble brain to handle. In another year I should be able to report yea or nay.<br /><br />ken I'm a OK guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843155822153452980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-90392532671956340162017-10-12T16:02:31.701-07:002017-10-12T16:02:31.701-07:00On the Arks, do you use oil or water with some soa...On the Arks, do you use oil or water with some soap in it? I have been using the water with new Arks and don't know if I am causing more work for myself or causing long term probs.<br /><br />I wanted to maintain crossover between the systems for whatever reason.Steve Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-19638439482986041382017-10-12T11:38:47.414-07:002017-10-12T11:38:47.414-07:00Steve,
A perfect example :-) of what Bob said..
...Steve,<br /><br />A perfect example :-) of what Bob said.. <br /><br />I think you are correct on the pressure thing but I also think some of it is the fineness of the polishing stones. It's just a learning curve but it is a long time coming. It is way too easy to skip the JNATS and use the Ark stones. I'm a OK guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843155822153452980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-7160034641670217362017-10-12T11:33:05.138-07:002017-10-12T11:33:05.138-07:00Bob,
I know the feeling, always afraid to go back...Bob,<br /><br />I know the feeling, always afraid to go back and read my comments for all the typos and misspells and I own the site and can't do a thing.I'm a OK guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843155822153452980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-31947504903716355742017-10-12T10:16:06.551-07:002017-10-12T10:16:06.551-07:00good grief whishes I could edit my bad typos...
good grief whishes I could edit my bad typos...<br />Valley Woodworkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322487171914484954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-39628016126339390402017-10-12T10:15:21.967-07:002017-10-12T10:15:21.967-07:00I know shinny seems to be the THING, but you asre ...I know shinny seems to be the THING, but you asre right in your descriptions. <br />To be the amazing revelaton was when LV started to lap their blades back flat using new machinery that produced a super flat face, but a muted grayish color, not the usual shinny.<br /><br />Bob Valley Woodworkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322487171914484954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-43032579681295008232017-10-12T08:26:40.752-07:002017-10-12T08:26:40.752-07:00If you have two, then they are Marples;)
Do you u...If you have two, then they are Marples;)<br /><br />Do you use the same pressure on the water stones as the arkansas? I usually go lighter on my waterstones because of the softness. Also, with a softer bond on the abrasives, the burr would be less pronounced since the force on the steel would be lower than oilstone.<br /><br />Just my stab at it.Steve Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-74414663016413557872017-10-12T03:56:54.104-07:002017-10-12T03:56:54.104-07:00Ralph,
Yep so far it is feeling good. I ended up ...Ralph,<br /><br />Yep so far it is feeling good. I ended up not sleeping much tonight for no other reason than I wanter to see if it felt good getting up, or would it be back to the old routine of stumbling to the head before doing the bent over old man shuffle to my office chair muttering oh fuck, oh fuck, all the way and waiting an hour before I could move again. <br /><br />No happy pills after about 1700 or so last night and so far this morning it's like I'm 40 again. I hope I don't ruin it by over doing, MsBubba has a job.<br /><br />One of the hardest things show folks is just that, "shiny doesn't mean sharp". Good scratch pattern to the edge of the iron on both sides is sharp. Shine may mean good scratch pattern or maybe not. Some of the shiniest irons I've looked at under magnification have had terrible random deep scratch patterns. They have usually come off man made stones. But man do they shine.<br /><br />Getting good scratch patterns to both edges is one of my problems with learning to work JNATS. At least in my experience, as you get to the harder, finer stones the scratch pattern is so fine the wire edge is almost undetectable. There is good news and bad with that. The bad of course is it is hard to tell when the iron is finished, the good is a finished iron does not need stropping.<br /><br />The happy pills from yesterday afternoon may still be working because I've sure become Chatty Cathy. Sorry,<br /><br />ken I'm a OK guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843155822153452980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12079088.post-8982712408083528092017-10-12T01:28:15.732-07:002017-10-12T01:28:15.732-07:00I do like shiny be it brass or a sharpened edge to...I do like shiny be it brass or a sharpened edge tool.<br />Good to read from the Creek you came out ok. I hope that in the years to come you are still feeling better.<br />As for the sharpening, I still like shiny but I realized that it isn't necessarily sharp too.Ralph Boumenothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606484453109932074noreply@blogger.com