So....you've decided to start cleaning/honing/restoring straights. You've watched Lynn's and Bill's DVD, read the threads, looked at tons of photos...and now, you are ready to start acquiring tools and supplies.

As an experienced honemeister/cleaner/restorer (or even maker, if Joe, Bill, et al want to chime in), what are the tools that have given you the best results?

Categories are:

A. Work surface (work bench, table, vice, etc.

B. Electric rotary tools (Dremel, etc.)

C. Boring tools (Dremel as a drill, drill press)

D. Sanding/smoothing tools (sandpaper, planes, belt sanders, etc.)

E. Tips and Attachments (drill bits, sanding, cutting, cleaning, buffing, polishing, etc.)

F. Materials (favorite woods, epoxies, finishes, pins, spacers, etc.)

G. Steer Clear-products you have used and wish you hadn't

I hope this thread will elicit some of the vast knowledge and experience from the talented folks here at SRP and will get made into a stick for this forum. As folks encounter new methods or "Eureka" moments, the can post to this thread wich will allow for some one-stop shopping for other restorer-types.



Greg