05-01-2019, 08:15 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-01-2019, 08:16 AM by Handplanesandmore.)
AHill- I wonder if the demonstrator has ever seen how Sellers sharpens his tools.
Simon
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05-01-2019, 08:21 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-01-2019, 08:46 AM by Handplanesandmore.)
Derek, Most WP fans are power tool users. They wouldn't have the need to use anything outside the jig's settings. I am sure (100% this time) that some WP fans do not know
anything about cambered edges and the WP jig looks all good to them. $250 is not expensive to them either. You are right that the jig is not designed with the hand tool woodworkers in mind. Simon
05-01-2019, 07:31 PM
(05-01-2019, 08:21 AM)Handplanesandmore Wrote: Derek, Most WP fans are power tool users. They wouldn't have the need to use anything outside the jig's settings. I am sure (100% this time) that some WP fans do not know If I had the money I still wouldn't buy WP stuff. Others do and will, but I don't envy them. It's like women and jewelry.
05-01-2019, 09:01 PM
05-02-2019, 02:54 PM
Note, too, that Woodpecker's sells primarily to the power tool crowd and they may have no clue what a honing guide is supposed to be or do.
Thanks, Curt
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05-02-2019, 06:49 PM
Exactly, Curt. One could discuss the issues on a predominantly power forum such as Festool Owners Group, and it will be disregarded as all they want to sharpen are chisels. The WP is a bright shiny lure.
Regards from Perth Derek
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05-03-2019, 08:39 AM
A solution in search of a problem. Meh.
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things. -- G. Carlin
05-04-2019, 07:13 AM
I'm sure there are people that just have to have all of these tools, so as a marketing strategy it's not a bad idea. But the design does show a lack of understanding of how most people sharpen. It was clearly designed by someone that has a cad package and a deadline. And now they can have another $250 tool that sharpens plane blades on a stone
win-win for them
05-04-2019, 11:36 AM
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Wait until WP releases a red handplane (for power tool users)!
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