I've often wondered if things that are sold as woodworking tools allows the seller to jack up the price. Chris Schwartz kind of confirmed that with a blog post saying that normal extruded angle aluminum was adequate to use as winding sticks. I stopped by the Ace Hardware on may way home and checked it out. I sighted down the side, lined them up and convinced myself they were adequate for eyeballing when checking a board. 9$ for 48" plus a little black spray paint and they seem to work pretty well. I probably wouldn't calibrate precise machinery with it, but for this it is good enough.
I've read that Japanese woodworkers use camellia oil to coat their blades to lubricate and keep them from rusting. Various wood working shops will sell you 100ml (3.3 oz) for about $8. Camellia oil is also know as tea seed oil, which sells at online health food stores for about $14 for 500ml. I'm not quite sure you can compare apples to apples here, but I think I will try. I've been sweating all over my tools lately and some have picked up a spot of rust. I'm passing by a health food store at lunch today so I will stop by and see what they have, and will give it a try. If it doesn't do a good job at least I can have a health stir fry.
Anyone know of other examples of this?
I've read that Japanese woodworkers use camellia oil to coat their blades to lubricate and keep them from rusting. Various wood working shops will sell you 100ml (3.3 oz) for about $8. Camellia oil is also know as tea seed oil, which sells at online health food stores for about $14 for 500ml. I'm not quite sure you can compare apples to apples here, but I think I will try. I've been sweating all over my tools lately and some have picked up a spot of rust. I'm passing by a health food store at lunch today so I will stop by and see what they have, and will give it a try. If it doesn't do a good job at least I can have a health stir fry.
Anyone know of other examples of this?