cabinet scraper breakthrough

9/12/05, 10:41 PM #1

frank_shic (walnut ck, ca)
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cabinet scraper breakthrough

frank_shic (walnut ck, ca)

>i'm currently halting my curent slide down the slippery slope - after acquiring a stanley 4, 5, 7 and a 4! i was playing around with a cabinet scraper that i bought several months ago but just couldn't get the edge to burr over correctly. i stopped by rockler and bought a burnisher and guess what? the scraper works MARVELOUSLY! all i did was mill file the edges, run the burnisher parallel to the edges then perpedicular and then at a slightly 5 degree angle and it works! i felt like letting out a PRIMAL ROAR and start beating my chest with my fists! i can't believe that after spending the last two years heavily researching and learning how to use power tools that there is an INDESCRIBEABLE delight to using their hand-powered predecessors (insert tarzan yell here)!

Re: cabinet scraper breakthrough

9/12/05, 10:53 PM #2

Dan Donaldson
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Not halting;-)

Dan Donaldson

>That is not going to stop your slide;-) In fact, it will probably accelerate it. Ain't it grand?

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I have been woodworking for about 25 years now, and would consider myself an enthusiastic amateur. My claim to fame (or infamy) has always been fixing stuff. I spent time in the Air Force in the 60's then went to work as an electronic technician for civil service. I finally got my EE, and being fed up with the civil service nonsense, took a job with Ford Motor Company until I went with the split to Visteon last year. I got interested in music and started playing in a bluegrass band. I wanted a new guitar, and that kind of led me into woodworking. I bought some books, a few tools, and built a guitar. Luckily, I didn't know any better than to try that as a first ever project. I still play it when I get a chance, so it must not be too bad if it can live for over 20 years. After a stint in Mexico for my job, I moved into a new house and built a small shop. Since then I have been collecting tools and skills, probably more of the former than the latter ;-). Finding this site has done more for my skills and enjoyment than anything else. I have learned a lot and really enjoy the friendships that I have made here. I have been married to LOML (Lori) for 32 years now and have 6 kids. When they are all gone, I want to get a 1 bedroom house (so there is not room for them to move back in) and at least a 6 car heated/air conditioned garage for a shop. (Dream on...)

Re: cabinet scraper breakthrough

9/13/05, 12:31 AM #3

Alan Hamilton
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Re: cabinet scraper breakthrough

Alan Hamilton

>Frank,

It's too late. You're hooked!

Soon you'll be shaving your forehead; you'll begin to wonder if you could work by the light of a kerosene lamp; you'll find yourself shaking your head in bewilderment when you see your neighbor's new table saw; you'll flinch when you hear a router start up; you'll scrape the skin off your knuckles dragging them on the ground; you'll tax your intellect thinking up ways to explain to your significant other why you're selling all those power tools you tearfully pleaded for--because you REALLY NEEDED them; you'll be much prouder of your work; you will not be able to drive past a garage sale; you will feel morally superior to all your power-tool junky woodworking friends; you'll try to hide a smirk when those friends tell you about the great price they got on a power feeder; you will shake your head in wonder when you see face shields, push sticks and ear muffs in their shops...

And all that is just the beginning!

Not to worry, though. You'll be much happier and much more content.

Alan

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