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I have the veritas dovetail saw designed for these guides and have had no issues.

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Well that's not the solution I was hoping for when I came across this video. I thought I had been doing something wrong all this time. No chance of a return now either. I'm really disappointed in Veritas. I thought the brand was a bit more premium than that, and as this is my first Veritas tool, I will have a hard time trusting them with future purchases. Thanks for taking the time to publish this!

@3:15 Ah yes, just the tip!

Instruction from the BLUE MAN, poor lost soul

You can adjust the height of the folding tables by rotating the horizontal hinge bolts as they have eccentric ends.

Welp, I just ordered mine, The MkII Narrow guide kit....Hopefully I get a perfectly made one..... Either way I will say this....For that price I would expect better quality assurance/inspection done by veritas in house....that is supposed to be something any customer should expect with the more premium priced tools. Shame on them for so many making it past inspection and hopefully they found the inspection issue whether that be a lax policy or certain inspectors not doing their jobs....FIRE THEM!!! 😜😜

The irony of the Banggood jig being next to the festool and bridge city boxes 😂. In all seriousness you've convinced me to try one of these out. I usually make my dowels with a router table but this looks like a great quick and dirty way to knock out a few smaller ones when the situation arises.

Love your work on this wooden box! Would you be open to sharing the plans or dimensions? I’d love to try building something similar. Totally understand if not-thanks for the inspiration!

Nice Video 👍

Hi, interesting thanks for the video. May i ask which Optimum drill press model is the one you got and if you like it ?

Many thanks for the review, very well made. IMHO this is one (if not the only) of the really honest working planers out there for small space/ workshop. I have tagged it for future. Happy new year ! Cheers from Italy

can one use any glue??

Really wish you had given Lie Nielsen a go. I have the HG4 and can’t imagine why it’s even in the conversation; the biggest piece of crap BCT’s has ever made and I have tools of theirs spanning 40+ years which are all brilliant.

Good video. You appear to have a mechanical/technical background, which is illustrated in the in-depth content of your video. You remind me of they saying I created a long time ago for my handyman business. I put considerable thought into what defines a Handyman. The saying states that "A Handyman is a pragmatic problem solver, skilled in mind and body, who applies curiosity to things which require repair or improvement". You clearly embody this definition. Happy New Year, and keep the videos coming!

Hello Paul, Thanks for posting this (nearly) exhaustive comparison of the three guides. I'm a bit surprised why you didn't finish sharpening all three chisels; you only did the bevel (???) However, I'm also intrigued by those aluminum flattening plates. There are loads of these honing plates, some that you even sprinkle with diamond dust. I suppose the Shapton and the DMT are among some of the best, but they are extremely pricey. Although I'm an old boy (66) I am new to the honing guide game. I was taught, and used free-hand all my working life. When I bought my retirement home in Western France, there was an Eclipse (British) honing guide in the garage, and it came as a revelation. i have quite a few tools, of which a few Japanese chisels, purchased early eighties. These I have managed to maintain the original bevels flat (not easy on the 2mm one!) I've been toying with the idea of treating myself to a Veritas, because I have several of their tools, and they are superb pieces of engineering- even beyond Lie Nielsen (I may get shot for this 😄). The problem with the MK II is the you have to add on accessories- a bit like the Tormek, and it can end up pretty costly. Any pointers as to a decent diamond honing plate please? Is your set available on the market? It's so important to have a very fait sole on chisels and plane irons. Greetings from France.

Thank you for the comparison, Paul. Leave it to Bridge City to complicate what should be a simple process and charge a punishing price for the privilege. When I'm using my chisels and planes, I refresh the microbevel frequently, and if I had to go through the Bridge City process each time, I would likely sharpen less and suffer the consequences of a dull edge. Sharpening should be easy and fast enough to not hinder the workflow. Unfortunately, I didn't have several decades to master the free hand method, so I rely on the honing guide for fast, easy, and consistent results. I started my sharpening process with the Eclipse guide, but then changed to the Lie Nielsen honing guide when I replaced my aging chisels. All of my planes and all but a few of my chisels are Lie Nielsen and work perfectly with the LN guide. However, I have some other dovetail chisels with sides that increase in thickness from the edge, similar to your Kirschen chisels. These have the same problem you experienced with the Hongdui guide and do not fit in the beveled section of the blocks. Fortunately, they do work well with the blocks designed for the LN mortise chisels.

I have tried a few guides and think that the veritas is not very good for chisels but good for plane blades due to the slipping effect. I purchased one from Bangood which is a copy I think of woodpeckers which is very good. Personally if you can't free hand sharpen you really can't beat the old eclipse guide and is cheap as chips and gets the job done in quick time.

20 mm is actually closest to 3/4 of an inch. 25.4 mm is more or less equivalent to 1 inch. Regarding the Verita’s slipping, when you tighten it down you have to tighten each side a little bit at a time trying to keep them even. If you tighten down one side a bunch & then tighten the other side it can feel like you’ve wrenched it down as far as it will go but the uneven clamping will cause it to slip fairly easily.

New video idea: the when wet/dry grinder and attachments from tormek edit: head to head against honing guide.

I have the Veritas for years now. Its great, but when setting up, you must remember to have the cam for the roller in the right spot so you can shift it for your micro bevel. I'm guilty of forgetting...😅

looks beautiful, must do similar toolholder to take care of my mess. Have to do ist without a shaper, but seams to be also skill training.

Hi, I agree to the superb qualitiy of FISCH. I own only a 40mm Forstner from Fisch, but it needs much less force than a 15mm "standard" Forstner as comparison. Still saving the Money for the wohle set.... Keep going.

Thank you Paul! A nice comparison.

The best honing guide you can use hands down! Now that I’ve seen your results mine came out crooked secondary bevel as well.🤔

For me, the narrow chisel attachment for the veritas is essential for any chisel that fits

Great Video Thankyou especially as iam looking at upgrading (or making) my homing guide and had been looking at these three and also the Richard Kell. Simplicity, accuracy and repeatability are key. It seems like there may be other issues with the bridge city but as a concept could it be more easily set up using a home made angle finder either as marks on your bench or separate blocked on a small board?

Thanks for taking the time to make this! Good wishes from the States.

That one hipster recording him on the plane was DEFINITELY on the other side of the political spectrum. 😂

I really wish I purchased that Makita miter saw instead of my festool.

Cool design. But it would fall apart sooner than later. I'd used a dowels thought the 3 pieces for extra strength and character

Thanks for this.

ooh, nice!

Would you say that you can achieve a finish on the dowel - oak, maple, walnut - to use as exposed finish work ( ie: I am making small puzzles whose pieces connect with exposed 3 to 4 inch dowels) Great approachable presentation - I am about to search your channel for how you constructed your workbench vise so if you do not yet have one... Cheers and thank you!

Very nice, and welcome back!

This guys has little to say but make the same 4 points for the entire length of the clip could have this whole clip in under 2 min but takes 12 min

Found this very useful. I'm looking at this jig and for the price I want to have a good experience with it. My expectations are fully set now - thanks. Plus, I would have gone throught the whole process of verifying that it wasn't just me, too. Can I ask why you're in CZ? I'm not 100% but you sound UK'ish? Thanks for the video.

What an absolute shill of a video. Comparing a tungsten tipped full aluminium body to a plastic body and plastic marker. Not to mention price.... When your main point of preference is due to weight, I cannot help but wonder how much microjig paid for you to make this awful video. Please do not treat your viewers for fools.

Hi, I have the Metabo DH330 and I use it with fairly hard woods like merbau, jatoba, ash, meranti and mahogany. The blades get blunt quite quickly. Replacement blades are expensive. How is this with the IGM PS33? Do the carbide blades stay sharp longer than a 2 blades planer?

I use a piece of of wood with two dowels and a pin half way between them and have done so for over 40 years to find the mid-point of stock

Kataba?

Probably the best lesson I learned was to strop tools regularly. It’s surprising how long you can keep a blade sharp with regular stropping. A piece of leather mounted on a flat block, MDF works well, and a little polishing compound can maintain a sharp edge for days.

I think part of the problem is that the micro bevel adjustment only increases the bevel angle by a couple of degrees. For me this isn’t enough difference and it exaggerates any inaccuracies; 5 degrees is preferable.

If you have a digital vernier caliper and a marking gauge do you really need any of these jigs?

Hey, thanks for the video. I just purchased this and it is not working for me. What happens in my case is that the wood only goes in for about an inch or so and stops. It won't cut further. I don't know enough to try and figure this out, but did you run into anything similar? Had high hopes, but it seems this might just be more wasted money on Banggood. I think I'm almost done with them completely. Again, I used all your suggestions (thanks, they made sense), but when I went to drill it through, the blank of wood gets about an inch or so, then just spins. Any help is appreciated. I can post a vid if desired.

I found a video to be too long and drawn out just to get to the point is it any good

sweet design - chapeau bas!

It might look cool with a small chamfer or whatever its called. If i were using it in a kitchen it might be nore useful if it was a little thinner, it looks really cool so good job!

Братан. Что же у тебя так много ,,портачек"?

What part is CNC? Did you cut the pieces with a CNC machine??