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Cake day: July 14th, 2023

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  • While I’m not making Christmas gifts this year, I will be taking my handtools and workbench to my sisters house. Her family is hosting Christmas for about twenty people.

    There’s always a lot of meandering around and waiting for food to finish cooking, so I decided to take over my tools to teach anyone who is interested in the basics of woodworking.

    I’m also taking my leather craft tools in case anyone is interested in doing that too.

    Knowledge and a distraction from boredom will be my gift.








  • A few tips.

    • Make sure sole is flat and smooth.
    • Flatten the frog so the blade makes full contact.
    • Make sure the area of the cap that touches the bald is flat.
    • Start your cut with the blade fully retracted. Then turn your knobs a quarter turn untill you begin to cut.

    I’m not sure what the cutting angle should be or if you need a secondary bevel. I will be learning that probably tomorrow when I sharpen mine.