Decided to take the faff out of sharpening, no more stones and diamond plates for me, Barr for one smoothing plane for reasons.
Results are consistent and quick, twenty seconds sees a chisel returned to scary sharp with no faff.
Use 120, 240 & 1200 for any rough and resetting the blades, 3000 and a polishing mop for the final edge. Chisels, plane blades and knives.
Nice!
I’ve just bought a grinding wheel too, although mostly to resharpen the brushcutter and other garden implements rather than fine sharpening things like knives or chisels.
Careful it doesn’t fall on you !
VB
Looks like something submerged in that top photo?
Second pic looks like Pa’s wood mill out of The Waltons!!
Where/what is it?
That was a saw mill near Kettering, Buccleuch Estate. That’s a traveling bed operated on belt drives and levers, awesome kit.
Plinth for Sp10, Finished in smoked grey arrived by applying stain and varnish, cutting it back into the wood and buffing it to blighty.
Burr Oak and rippled sycamore
Fuck me that is beautiful Bob 
Lovely job. First time I’ve seen an SP10 that I want to own.
Skillzzz 
I guess im in the minority, just doesnt suit an SP10.
All wrong for me
Yep, I agree.
Certainly a lovely plinth, just not for an SP10.
One Nakashima style coffee table top to flatten out, a couple of weeks should see it done. Underside will be curved
Ooooh…waney. 
Elm, hard as nails to boot! Shaping at one end complete and flattened off to a rough ±2mm. Need to shape the other end and then set to work on the double curvature underneath.
aBow ties? I can spot a perfect place for them.
Yes, there’s a split about third depth that will need stabilising. Thinking of three, two parallel to the long cut end face, one opposite to that angle, long and narrow ties I think, but will mock them up first.
Underneath will be a single slab support, two fifths in and a four fifths long rail.
