Two quick notes. You have until midnight on Oct. 31 to purchase our new “Sharpen This (the Video)” for $50. After Oct. 31, the price of the video will be $75.
Also, today we posted the first of 20 additional videos that are included with your purchase. The newest video shows two ways to sharpen scorps. One method uses a piece of fine sandpaper. The second method allows you to grind and polish your scorps safely on the table saw.
(If you have already purchased the video, you will be notified by email that the new video is available and the email will give you a link to view it. Or you can use the link that came in your initial email after you purchased the video.)
Here is a partial list of the 20 additional videos we are working on for this series:
Marking Knives and Marking Gauges
Spade & Auger Bits
Shop Knives & Pocket Knives
Spokeshaves
Gunstock Scrapers & Chair Devils
Dividers, Awls & Planing Stops
Narrow and Odd Chisels
The Terrible Flattening Brick
The Edge-on-Up Sharpness Tester
— Christopher Schwarz
Thanks! Email just came in. I really appreciate the simple and not overly complicated approach to these videos. Great for those that were timid with sharpening their tools.
Any idea if Lee Valley will be carrying the book for those north of the border? I have been (im)patiently waiting and they haven’t got it yet.
Lee Valley has received its order of “Sharpen This,” so they should be selling the book soon.
Hi Andrew , If you call the Lee Valley customer service line you can purchase the LAP books : Sharpen This , Belligerent Finisher , Euclid’s Door and the Stick Journal #1 . They are a bit behind getting them posted on the website . They also mentioned they are in the stores now for sale . I purchased them this afternoon . Happy Reading .
I am abysmal at sharpening knives. Just awful. Anything you can do in the knife sharpening area will be appreciated.
Just to say you seem to be mixing video streams — I see stuff concerning chairs in the Sharpen This section.
Fixed. Sorry!
I just used the link in my email. Weird. I got the new Sharpen This video. But the page was mixed with both Sharpen This and Stick Chair videos.
Fixed. Thanks.
I left the page open on my desktop machine and Bean was asleep on the keyboard. No lie.
That cat is inscrutable.
What formats are available for the video?
It is in .mp4. But no DRM, so it can be converted to whatever you like. Burned to a DVD etc.
Sharpen Scorps (video 12) title screen states Chapter 13. Should it be 12? Or is there a different Chapter 12 video?
Sorry. It is No. 12. Typo.
Any chance we will get some video footage of using the felt (buffing?) wheel on the bench grinder to polish?
I have mixed feelings about the felt (or cardboard) wheel for polishing. I seek a flat bevel in my work, and that method generally produces a rounded bevel.
Definitely something I hope to explore and explain in the future videos.
I really enjoy the videos. A bargain compared to what I’ve spend on various sharpening devices that clutter my shop. Chris’ humor is sharp as his blades.
Build and see
Congrats from overseas !