How to learn how to use a card scraper--for newbie

FWW Video Clip Works...

Todd Stock

>Could do it that way...or we can send folks to the Taunton/FWW web site and have them view the Boggs video clip on sharpening/using a card scraper.

I have a friend in the Norfolk area of VA that picked up a set of the LN scrapers and wanted to know how to get them running. After killing an hour of Verizon minutes between shops, he was still not getting anything close to a usable edge (probably my fault - not his).

Finally recalling that he's a right brain/visual learners, I steered him to the video clip, and an hour later, he was in business.

The Boggs clip is a once-over-lightly, and certainly is not nearly as verbose and packed with technical gobbledygook as it might be, but is good enough to get someone unfamiliar with the tool off and running.

Best piece of advice

Corey Megal

>I read was from Tage Frid, when burnishing, use a very, very light touch. After that, presto! Curlies galore.

Take Care,

Corey

Re: Card Scrapers

Sanford Levy

>Perhaps this is a dumb point, but I tried for a long time to get a card scraper to work and had very bad luck. I gave up for several years of off and on experiment. One day I decided to use an old scraper that I had tossed in to box with alot of junk a long time ago(so it was no long very sharp) to take some clue off a piece of oak and to my surprise, this rather abused, dull scraper took off a beautiful curl. I realized that I had done all my practice on pine. For some reason, pine seems hard to get curls from. I guess people do it, but it seems hard. I now regularly use a card scraper on hardwoods with only modest effort and pretty good success. Sanford

Re: Card Scrapers

Tony Zaffuto

>Not such a dumb point--you did the same thing I did, basically set the card aside for months or years and went back to it and either the hardwood, or holding your tongue right, made it work (couldn't have been the experience)!

Anyhow, my early attempts were on poplar and cherry. My successful usage has been on poplar, cherry, oak etc. Don't use much pine or softwoods, although poplar is pretty soft.

Re: How to learn how to use a card scraper--for ne

Jack Guzman from Maine

>It took me awhile to get the hang of it too.What cleared it up for me was seeing Tage Frid's dovetail video.He makes everything easy to understand.

About the other issue,I read those and sometimes get upset about one point or other.I keep my silence though and see where it goes.After the thread gets nasty and things go downhill I remember why and am glad I held my silence.Everyone has opinions but we all need to be more tolerant of other's views.I think the reason there's so much of this is that we're an intelligent,inquisitive and opinionated group.I think almost everyone likes the harmony and friendliness of this place enough to keep it from going too far.---Jack