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Cabinet scrapers rock!
By:David Hill
Date: 7/13/2003, 7:51 am

Scraping green or even cured epoxy is a great strategy. I use a Sandvik scraper and some no-name scrapers I got from Luthiers Mercantile years ago. I like the no-name scrapers best; great steel. I've found that the back side of an old gouge I have does the best job for burnishing cabinet scrapers.

My experience with building the Cirrus is that no matter how I finished/sharpened/burnished the scraper it dulled pretty rapidly. Much faster if the epoxy was well cured. I found that kissing both sides with a file (held flat to just clean off the dulled burr) and a couple of dressing strokes on edge worked best. No burnishing. This would give a couple of edges good for 10 to 15 minutes of scraping. When it gets dull throw the scraper in a vise, a few strokes with a file and your good to go.

David

Messages In This Thread

Tools: Veritas Scraper Accessories *LINK*
M_Man -- 7/12/2003, 6:00 pm
Re: Tools: Veritas Scraper Accessories
Severne -- 7/14/2003, 11:27 am
Re: Tools: Veritas Scraper Accessories
Shawn Baker -- 7/14/2003, 4:47 pm
Try Sandvik carbide scrapers
Brian Nystrom -- 7/15/2003, 1:18 pm
Re: Try Sandvik carbide scrapers
Glen Longino -- 7/15/2003, 10:21 pm
Re: Tools: Veritas Scraper Accessories
Timothy -- 7/14/2003, 7:14 am
Re: Tools: Veritas Scraper Accessories
M_Man -- 7/14/2003, 12:17 pm
Re: Scrapers *LINK*
Dave Houser -- 7/14/2003, 1:06 am
Re: Tools: Veritas Scraper Accessories *LINK*
KenC -- 7/13/2003, 9:22 am
Cabinet scrapers rock!
David Hill -- 7/13/2003, 7:51 am
Re: Tools: Veritas Scraper Accessories
srchr/gerald -- 7/12/2003, 10:16 pm
Re: Tools: Veritas Scraper Accessories
Glen Longino -- 7/13/2003, 1:15 am
Re: Tools: Veritas Scraper Accessories
srchr/gerald -- 7/13/2003, 9:39 pm
Re: Tools: Veritas Scraper Accessories
Glen Longino -- 7/13/2003, 10:21 pm
Re: Tools: Veritas Scraper Accessories
srchr/gerald -- 7/14/2003, 11:15 am
Re: Tools: Veritas Scraper Accessories
M_Man -- 7/13/2003, 4:27 am
Re: Tools: Veritas Scraper Accessories
Glen Smith -- 7/12/2003, 7:04 pm