The Sharpening Shop is Complete (sort of)

Yesterday was an exciting day here at the sawmill. I received a Wood-Mizer BMT150 Setter. This tool will complete my blade maintenance needs here at the sawmill. The BMT150 is a manual hand crank tool that sets two teeth at the same time while advancing the blade all in the same motion. Wood-Mizer also offers an automated setter but after careful review of both tools (and my checkbook) I decided this tool will more than fill my needs.

If things go as planned I should have a video out by this weekend showing the setter and entire sharpening process of the blades.

Also a quick reminder if you want to help support me on my You-Tube channel then considering joining me over on patreon.

https://www.patreon.com/outofthewoods

Nathan,

The New Yankee Workshop

Growing up in the mountains of Tennessee I can remember my first encounter with woodworking. This experience came on a Saturday morning while watching TV on the PBS channel. I remember watching this guy with a beard build beautiful furniture on these wonderful power tools. It seemed like magic how the tools milled his timber from rough stock to finished boards. Norm was his name, he had a unique ascent and dressed like my grandfather. The show was very well put together and always ended where he started with a finished piece. Over the years i watched this show at every opportunity and never grew tired of the reruns.

As I grew older I found myself forgetting the feelings/ideas I had when watching Norm and took other career paths. It wasn't until around 2010 when i was reintroduced into woodworking that I started to watch this program again. As I began my career as a sawyer I found this show aided in my education on timber. Every time Norm spoke of a different species he was working with he would point out helpful information on the timber. Through the viewing of a single

episode you would be entertained, educated and also your sense of the craft and its possibilities elevated.

Until just recently the only way to view the old episodes was either on pirated You-Tube channels or buy the DVD sets through PBS. That has all now changed finally and the show can now be viewed for free! This Old House, which is another great show on PBS that Norms also is a cast member is now hosting the shows episodes on their web site. When you go to their page click on The New Yankee tab on the top of the page to be directed to that content. Their you can view episodes for free. You can also purchase the plans to any past project from the show. Also sometime during the show you will see a short add displayed similar to the You-Tube format. And keep in mind as well that they are adding videos every week to the site so some of the show titles are just the plans and have not yet had the episode added. At the bottom of the post I will add the links to the site.

This is no paid endorsement from PBS or any other affiliate. I just wanted to share what I think is a great free education out their on wood that is now being offered.

It is a dreary rainy Saturday morning here in Tennessee. According to the weather man the rain should stop by Monday which will hopefully result in me being back on the sawmill. Until then I am going to spend this Saturday morning the same way I did as a child growing up, watching a bearded man with a unique way of talking show me how to build heirloom furniture using his tools and common sense.

www.thisoldhouse.com

https://www.newyankee.com/

Nathan,

Taking the edge into my own hands.

I haven't had a lot of videos lately on the YouTube channel. The biggest reason has been both the rain and my son Bruno graduated Kindergarten last week and is now home for the summer. My wife works shift work at a local factory so most of my summer is usually spent with Bruno, which is alright with me, but results in a lack of videos/sawmill work. However after we get through this first transition of summer vacation I should be back on the mill by next week.

The photo above (stock photo from WM Site) is of the Wood-Mizer BMS250 sharpener. I picked it up earlier this week at the local UPS shipping warehouse. This was a surprisingly large tool that required it to be shipped on a pallet. And since I live on a dead end street shipments like this must be picked up at the loading dock. This is the sharpener I vowed to get last fall after winning the Wood-Mizers best contest. I received 1k in store credit from that contest which covered alot of the cost for the sharpener. It is still in the box in my garage and will be getting a video/un-boxing type in a few days. I also will have to build a small stand for this sharpener to be mounted onto. I have ordered some shop casters as well for easy move ability.

And in case you are wondering I am also going to be ordering a setter in the next few weeks. A sharpener without one is just not a good idea.

Hope you all are having a good start of summer wherever you are in the world and I will be back with videos/content very soon. Thanks for your ongoing support of my content it is much appreciated.

Also expect another blog post this evening.

Nathan,