Joe
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Can anyone tell me whether or not it is ok to use the ruler trick on a cabinet scraper blade (No. 80 style)?
Joe":32xd4qmf said:Ok, thanks. That should save me several tedious hours of blade polishing. I was just concerned that the slight back bevel might in some way have an adverse effect on the burr.
David C":1wuvsvej said:I have two forum people here this week on my sharpening tool tuning and plane use course. They have just prepared new cambered blades and shaved with them. I think they are liking the ruler trick!
David C
Tony":eoric2ga said:Joe":eoric2ga said:Ok, thanks. That should save me several tedious hours of blade polishing. I was just concerned that the slight back bevel might in some way have an adverse effect on the burr.
it had never occurred to me to polish a scraper :? Does anyone else do this?
I just run it across a diamond stone to remove previous burrs
I find they work fine as supplied, but if they can be improved.... (only really use hand scrapers)
Tony":1bco3eee said:it had never occurred to me to polish a scraper :? Does anyone else do this?
David C":ynj1jtta said:There was an excellent exploration of card scraper sharpening methods, published by Chris Schwarz, in Popular Woodworking last year. He is astonishingly rigorous, finding about ten different methods and trying them all.
woodbloke":76gjtc4g said:I trick I used to do many moons ago was to to polish the two flat surfaces on top of the stone and then polish the edge by putting the wooden lid back on and trapping the blade 'twixt lid and wooden base. The edge was then polished dead flat and square along the side of the stone. Trouble is, you need an oilstone and traditional wooden box to do this one...difficult to do it with a DMT - Rob
Does it matter though? - RobIt's always struck me as a good(or is that bad?) way to put a groove in the side of your stone, since the very narrow scraper always hits the stone in the same place
woodbloke":334nc953 said:bb wrote:Does it matter though? - RobIt's always struck me as a good(or is that bad?) way to put a groove in the side of your stone, since the very narrow scraper always hits the stone in the same place
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