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Enjoyed the video. I watched it a couple of times to help me fall asleep, Rudy K. with that little cartoon voice and inflection is somehow very relaxing to my ear. And heres the thing, there is actually some good information here, and generally well explained and presented. I didn't care for a few of the camera angles, like where you get to see Rudy's hand obstructing the grinding wheel while he grinds away for a looooooong time, or when he pulls the tool bit out from in front of the camera while he talks about it and the camera stays focused on the grinding wheel slowing down after he's turned it off. Overall, you can learn something here (besides that Rudy liked Country Crock spread), if you are willing to put up with the pace and lack of professional videography. I'd recommend this video to anyone who is interested in grinding their own tools. Or, who needs some sleep.
Information on shapers and operation of shapers is pretty hard to come by. Lets see, theres old machining books and the internet (reader beware). They don't teach shaper in high schools or community colleges anymore, and most professional machine shops don't have one. Its uneconomical for production shops. Lets face it,shapers are just obsolete.
Except if you use one for your hobby machining. If its a hobby,you make the time, who cares if it is uneconomical in terms of production time, the tool bits are cheap. So, we shaper owners just have to be thankful that SOMEONE made an instructional video (2 actually) for this machine.
The video has better videography than most Kouhoupt videos, and pretty good camera angles so you can see whats going on. Rudy does a nice job explaining what he's doing. If you've seen other Rudy Kouhoupt videos, you know what to expect, but this one is a little better.
What I would have liked to see was more on the setups, indicating, and measuring as it relates to shaper work. Cutting to a line is pretty coarse, and while watching I was thinking of how I might use measuring tools or the micrometer dial collars to get finer results. I try to work to greater tolerances than 1/16", so tend to use measuring tools other than my steel ruler. Maybe thats as accurate as most shapers can do. Or, maybe I can combine this video with the old books and get more what I'm looking for.
So, I recommend this video to anyone who has or is thinking of getting a shaper. Theres really no other choice.
Did I get the same DVD as the rest of you? The content was fine, good sound, knowledgeable guy, but the camera angles and lighting were awful for anything close up. He'd try to show you how polished a surface was, and he could see it in the light from his angle, but the camera was from a slightly different angle so I couldn't see what he was trying to demonstrate. Or how a nick in the cutting edge shows up in the wood. I wish he had used a monitor when he was filming, so he could have seen what it would look like to the viewer. This could have been very good and informative, but I found it frustrating in places.
Jon B.
This video is good. Not 5 star good (I never give 5 stars), but good. The lighting, camera angles, etc are excellent. The only technical issue is with the voice, going hard/loud the soft/quiet. Not a big deal, but noticeable for me. As far as content, I guess this DVD is intended for woodworkers, but I appreciate the kitchen knife segment. This guy knows how to make stuff sharp, and shows how to do it along with tips on equipment, technique, etc. If you could combine the information and videography from this DVD with the techniques and enthusiasm in Ellingwood's Shapening Simplified, you would have the definitive work on this subject. Matter of fact, between the two of them, these two cover it all.
Jonathan B.
