Very nice, Dmitri!

Wrong Subject Line Above

Frank Mutchler in Colorado Springs

>Sorry...using a new browser and it's a little quirky. After filing the jig, this is how the blade fit.

Scary Sharp....to a point

Frank Mutchler in Colorado Springs

>Since this is a scraper blade, I established the edge with 240G, then finished with 400G followed by 800G.

Setting the angle...

Frank Mutchler in Colorado Springs

>This is how I set the angle.

Re: the other side

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>Personally I think it does some good to have hand tool posts on the other side. I used to ahve some interst in hand tools but very little knowledge about them. It was people from the hand tool forum on the Badger Pond power tool forum that eventually convinced me I was capable of making fine shavings with just a cheap hand plane, and it was all downhill towards the funny farm after that. After all, if Ralph Brendler can make a shaker box and collect marking gauges, I certainly am capable as well ;) So I read the question on the power tool side, which I normally scan through first to see if there are any questions I'm capable of answering (few and far between) and put some thoughts to your question on the power tool side. This may have been an illegal function, but I'm hoping not to be permanently disqualified.

That's funny Moses

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>"The Funny Farm"

Yeah, that about sums it up dosen't it, tho I say that I'm on the Island of Misfits.

Good show on filing that jig Frank, amazing how such a minute amount of material can make such a big diffeence sometimes eh?

Todd O.

Thanks, Todd.

Frank Mutchler in Colorado Springs

>A picture always gets my attention. I don't know how many times I've read very interesting posts describing techniques/methods/etc. that I would love to incorporate into my woodworking and was unable to because I couldn't form a construct in my mind about what was being described. But....what really counts for me is that I managed to resharpen my scraper blade, roll a burr on it, and get some curly shavings. Not full width yet but I'll get it soon ;>)!!

Re: Scary Sharp....to a point

Frank D. in Montreal

>Thanks for the post Frank,

I just modified my own Eclipse knock-off and now I don't need the plywood (I'm the one who posted the plywood trick).

About the burr, I don't use a burr on my own 112 (not yet anyway). A trick I've seen but never tried: some people place the blade on a piece of MDF (or plywood...) with the edge of the blade just protruding over the edge of the plywood by about 1/64". This way you can start sliding the burnisher down the plywood and then onto the blade, and the transition goes smoothly.

I'm no expert (that's my motto here) but do you think scary sharp going up to 800 grit is sharp enough? The back of your scraper blade also looks like it still has some mill marks on it. It might help if you treat your scraper blade like a plane blade and polish it down a bit more (?) and put a drop of oil on it before you burnish. With the 45� angle a burr shouldn't be hard to roll: less pressure on the burnisher is better than more. Start at 90� to the blade and in 4 or 5 strokes finish off burnishing a bit more than that. You did ask a question about forming the burr, didn't you? Forgive me if I misread you...(won't be the first time, eh!).

Thanks again,

Frank