Card scrapers

[Racers]

Hi,

I have just picked up a nice piece of steel to make card scrapers from for £1 from the pound shop (where else), its 20 inches long tapering from about 3 1/2 to about an inch and has a plastic handle attached to the big end. The packet says its a hand saw but I doubt it, the teeth look like they have been stamped out, set, then hardened. no form of sharpening had been done on them, and people wonder why they can’t cut straight!.

I will cut it up and let you know how I get on.

Pete

 

[dunbarhamlin]

Nice of them to put a handle on it to make it easy to carry home.
The decorative toothing along one edge does seem a little ostentatious for a budget item, though. :lol:

You didn't notice if they had any of those fancy blade storage units shaped like a plane, did you? (They usually come with a mock up of a plane iron installed so it's easy to see how to use them)

Cheers
Steve

 

[Racers]

Hi, dunbarhamlin

They had some spokeshaves with spare blades a while ago don't know why I didn't get one :wink: I have seen the block planes tempting...not.


Pete

 

[lurker]

Hi Pete,

You pair might scoff but when I was away from home ( & my tools) and living in the wilds of Scotland I bought on of these from the 99p shop.
It was fine (and lasted 3 years) for cutting up drift wood for the fire, left it at the house so for all I know it might still be being used.

 

[Racers]

Hi, Lurker

99p shop! and the Scots complain about being stereotyped!


Pete, missing his penney

 

[lurker]

I'm not sure about that, they were careful with their dosh but the most generous people I've ever come across. Charity collections in the town I lived in (Thurso) always raised eyewatering amounts.

This tight fisted git has lots of stuff bought at the 99p shop stashed away.

 

[Racers]

Hi, Lurker

They do some good stuff at the pound shop like the "Luxury Coconut Cakes with Belgian Choccolate" very nice, and 10 in a pack, musen't eat them all musen't eat them all, dam where did they go :wink:

pete

 

[dunbarhamlin]

They often have a good range of sole lubricating rods too - though the included string to hang them up is usually a little short.

 

[Racers]

Hi, dunbarhamlin

Only trouble I find with the pound shop is holding your breath for long enough to get round. We also have a £2 shop!! I go when I am feeling flush.


Pete

 

[Racers]

Hi,

Well I finally got round to cutting the saw up, after finding a new blade for my hacksaw and the ear defenders, its tough stuff to cut, I got sparks but well worth it and they all turned out great , I cut 4 scrapers and I have enough left for blades for my scratch stock or making small knifes.

The odd shaped one might come in useful or not, the rectangular ones are sharpened on the long sides the odd shaped all the way round and the other on the curved and flat side. Home made surface gauge in the back ground :wink:


Pete

 

[bugbear]

Hi,

Well I finally got round to cutting the saw up, after finding a new blade for my hacksaw and the ear defenders, its tough stuff to cut, I got sparks but well worth it and they all turned out great , I cut 4 scrapers and I have enough left for blades for my scratch stock or making small knifes.

Did you make that surface gauge, or was it a car boot find?

BugBear (recalling another recent thread)

 

[Racers]

Hi, Bugbear

'tis one off my own making.


Pete

 

[PaulO]

The packet says its a hand saw but I doubt it

Are you sure it isn't intended for cutting hands? Perhaps intended for the Middle Eastern market?

I'll fetch my coat.

 

[David C]

Good article by Chris Schwarz on the subject of card scraper sharpening on the Popular Woodworking (USA) site.

http://www.popularwoodworking.com/articledisplay

Hope the link works.

Needless to say he researched thoroughly and came up with many different techniques......

And lo, another application for the ruler trick.

Just been using a polished carbide burnisher from Tony Zafutto, and the burnished surfaces viewed with a low powered microscope are awesomely polished.

David

 

[bugbear]

... viewed with a low powered microscope...

David, you're starting to worry me

BugBear

 

[David C]

BB,

Best toy / teaching aid ever!

I was lent one for a few months and it was so useful when teaching sharpening, that I had to replace it when the lender wanted his back.

Have recently been looking at long grain exotic wood surfaces. The evil mineral and or resinous deposits in the tubes, the ones which blunt our edges so quickly, are easy to see.

David

 

[Racers]

Hi,

I have two burnishers a Two Cherrys and a RS screwdriver they have both been polished (drill press and 600 grit until they shine) they seen to work very well, the screwdriver is very hard it dosen't seem to get marked and the smaller diameter is good for my goose neck scraper.


Pete

 

[dedee]

Good article by Chris Schwarz on the subject of card scraper sharpening on the Popular Woodworking (USA) site.

http://www.popularwoodworking.com/articledisplay

Hope the link works.

Needless to say he researched thoroughly and came up with many different techniques......

And lo, another application for the ruler trick.

Just been using a polished carbide burnisher from Tony Zafutto, and the burnished surfaces viewed with a low powered microscope are awesomely polished.

David

Link did not work for me, I think this is the one

http://www.popularwoodworking.com/artic ... y?id=14549


Andy

 

[David C]

Andy,

Thank you very much.

Can one legitimately have a drive by article gloat? Or do these things only apply to tools?

My Bandsaw article is currently at the top of the list of ARTICLES .

David