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Yes, I use a filing jig (the Bruce Bump carbide one) right now. I've done it with no guide a lot in the past, just a lot of filing and checking. To use the guide, it helps a lot to do the filing when the bolster sides are pretty flat, to help the guide clamp up, and then back the guide up by standing the works vertical in a vise so the guide sits on the jaws.
Kyle Royer uses a platen like that too- I've often thought about making one, but I don't have a lot of difficulty just shaping with the platen so that's what I do. Probably it's an effective way to just do it quick and easy and repeatable!
Kyle Royer uses a platen like that too- I've often thought about making one, but I don't have a lot of difficulty just shaping with the platen so that's what I do. Probably it's an effective way to just do it quick and easy and repeatable!