Hand Scraper Sharpening

Re: Hand Scraper Sharpening *LINK*

MikeW

>One of the better places to learn this:

http://www.brendlers.net/oldtools/scraping/scraper.htm


http://www.brendlers.net/oldtools/scraping/scraper.htm

Re: Hand Scraper Sharpening

Brad in Ottawa

>Fritzer,

Check out the WC articles, some really good information in there! Including an article that I have provided a link to by Ellis, Howard Acheson and Sir William!

Might help a bit... what kind of problems are you experiencing with your scraper anyways?

Brad

Another Site *LINK*

Dan Klauder in Wasilla, Alaska

>Here's another source you might want to check out.


Highland Hardware Article

Link  *LINK*

Brad in Ottawa

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http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/readarticle.pl?dir=handtools&file=articles_219.shtml

Re: Hand Scraper Sharpening

alan womack

>If you get DIY, record the David Marks episode for sharpening. He has a good demo of how he uses a block of wood to keep it 90 to the stone, and watching him hand scrape you see huge curlies coming off.

Alan

Hand Scraper Sharpening

Fritzer

>You have all been a great help - Thanks

Re: Hand Scraper Sharpening

Alan Hamilton

>Fritzer,

I guess I've made just about every mistake possible while I was learning to sharpen my scrapers (make that "...while I am learning..."). One of them--maybe the biggest--was using way too much pressure when burnishing. I finally learned that really bearing down on my burnisher was doing me no good: it ruined one perfectly good burnisher; and it made the burr way too big--so big it bent over or came off on the first swipe. For a long time I couldn't figure out why I wasn't getting those nice, fluffy little shavings.

If you're wondering if you're using enough pressure, it's possible--maybe even likely--you're using too much.

Alan

(no, another one)