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Hi Guys, thanks for you help. I bought a new motor (just under £100) and, amazingly, fitted it myself and am back up and running :D

I do exactly the same minus the Abranet Rob. LA smoother and card scraper. The LA smoother is the hardest blade to sharpen though as it's A2 steel, but when I get it right it's my best plane.

Oops I'll finish that..... if I don't get a burr I continue to 2 or 3mm.

If I get a burr quickly then it's a very small secondary bevel, say 1mm or less, but if I don't get a burr i

Thanks again Rob I think I'll have to just get back in there and try to analyse each step. I bought the Veritas honing guide from Peter at Harrogate and spoke to him about sharpening and I had Chris Tribe over here for a week many moons ago and we went through sharpening methods. You'd think I'd...

Now this is the frustrating thing about sharpening because 'I think' I'm doing all of the above correctly but obviously if I'm not getting the results I want then I can't be. My procedure is - start on the 1000 grit trend diamond stone with very little pressure (I had a lesson with the chap who...

Thanks for that Rob. When you say 'microns' does that mean you use 3M film for sharpening?

I do strop by the way. Leather and compound, although I do have autosol too (I use it to clean the soles of my planes).

Thanks Jon, I'll take another look at my technique (which I do regularly anyway, in a hope to improve!) and I'll definitely look at the micro bevel issue because it is often too big but that's because I carry on sharpening until I get a burr! Seem to go round in circles!!

Just an extra bit of info that may be relevant - it takes me a long time to get a burr on the back of the blade, once I've got that I tend to get an 'adequate' edge. I thought better stones might a) speed that process up and b) give a sharper edge.

I have, and use, the Veritas honing guide. And I have used the WH film, oil stones and diamond stones and started with water stones which I have now gone back to. This is over a period of more than 13 years. But I still feel my planes in particular could be sharper. But having spent many years...

I'm not getting them sharp enough (which I know could lead to a much wider debate!), but if you can get 3 water stones from Rutlands for £29 then you would assume that the ones (like Shaptons and King) which are much more expensive, are better stones. I would rather have a discussion on here...

Thanks for the heads up Phil but not looking for a 6000 grit as I already a decent King 8000.

Hi All, I'm looking to improve my sharpening and to this end I'm in the market for some new water stones. At the moment I have one King water stone (8000) and 3 cheap Rutland water stones (300, 1000, 3000). I also have the Trend diamond stone (300, 1000 combination). Any recommendations, advice...

Cheers Bob by the time I read this message I had already ordered the armature but I will have and follow your advice. Cheers.

Cheers Pete I will at new motors.

Hi All I hope you are all keeping safe. I have an issue with my chop saw it stopped dead mid cut and the motor started to smoke. I automatically thought it was the brushes and changed them today but no joy. The blade doesn’t turn ( I checked for bits of wood!) but the motor does try to turn...

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I'm a bot like your friend Doug!!

Thanks Trevanion, I was told (and can't remember who by now! Old age!) that it was possible to get an attachment for my Axy SM, which is why I was looking anyway, but Axy don't do the attachment so not sure if the info was correct. If they're all over £400 I won't be getting one anyway. Your...