Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Calling it Ruler Trick is out, I guess?
Mike In Los Angeles
I can’t be the first person to do this, but I haven’t seen it anywhere. There’s a pile of steel rules in a drawer and at least three Starrett squares I have no use for, this morning drinking coffee I was wondering if it would make a good scraper for mortise floors, rabbets, dadoes, etc. It does, I think.
Gotta stay on the right side of things, so i unicorned the bevel (outside.)
Re: Calling it Ruler Trick is out, I guess?
Bill Tindall, E.Tn.
If you have a 4" you have no use for I could provide a home with gainful employment.
Re: Calling it Ruler Trick is out, I guess?
Wiley Horne
The long edge of those squares makes a good final pass on edge joins.
Wiley
Re: Calling it Ruler Trick is out, I guess?
Mike In Los Angeles
As a scraper or?
Re: Calling it Ruler Trick is out, I guess?
Mike In Los Angeles
Can’t be hard to find someone with a four incher he wants to give ya, even in TN!!
Re: Calling it Ruler Trick is out, I guess?
Wiley Horne
Yeah, if the board is upright on bench being edge-jointed. When done with the plane. Put the stock of the square against the flat side and just pull the edge of the square along the board, for the last word. Only do this for one pull, and not heavy pressure.
I don’t always do this. But I do run a square along the edge being jointed, looking for light leaks under the blade. Just as part of the process. If you run the whole length and see just one place where there’s a tiny light leak, it’s tempting to just fix it with the square that’s already in your hand, and Starrett blades are hardened.
If you shoot your edge joins, never mind.
Wiley
Re: Calling it Ruler Trick is out, I guess?
Mike In Los Angeles
Can’t be hard to find someone with a four incher he wants to give ya, even in TN!!
Re: Calling it Ruler Trick is out, I guess?
Mike In Los Angeles
Cool technique, but that’s different from this gadget.
not a bad idea....
David Weaver
..most of those rules are hardened, at least most that I've come by. Are they spring temper (like roll a burr type stuff?)
Re: not a bad idea....
Mike In Los Angeles
This one is about as hard as a saw plate, sharpens up fast and makes a burr as good as I can make one. I’m a big admirer of Paul Hamler if you’ve seen his stuff, so I have been doing the 45* burr on scrapers and keeping them 90* to the work, with as good of results as I have a right to hope for.
I made a side cutter, needs a mate.
Was a quick and dirty job, just to see if it would work. Ground to about 35*, shot for 40 on the hone and 45* with the burnisher. It did make shavings.
Re: Calling it Ruler Trick is out, I guess?
Wiley Horne
Yeah, yours is a whole new thing. I was just thinking out loud. You have a great idea with many possibilities. I see you’ve already made a side cutter, responding to David. Really interesting!
Wiley
Holy Cr&p, Batman!
Leo Cuellar
What a great idea!
Re: Calling it Ruler Trick is out, I guess?
Mike In Los Angeles
Thanks man, next up I want to see about making cutters for the walls of sliding dovetails, to follow a batten maybe? No need for it but the tweak is on haha
