Thanks to your father for showing you how to sharpen scrapers and thanks to you for teaching us how to do it. I've already tried two different methods to get it sharp. It does scrape, but when I see your shavings I can get jealous. It looks like I pushed too hard while polishing. I was also very impressed by how you refreshed the cutting edge. Let's see if my third attempt at sharpening works better
I'm such a newbie that I have to start scraping stuff. This lesson will get me going. I have a sawmill with a 1 1/4" blade, I think will work great. I do blow them up from time to time.
This is one skill I have yet to learn. I get flakes instead of curls. Judging from your video, I'm not preparing the edge well enough prior to turning the hook. Thanks, Kevin.
My favorite scraper is made from a brand new Harbor Freight $4 hand saw. I ground off the teeth from the blade of the saw and used a hack saw to chunk it up. The 6” X 4” section from near the handle is awesome. It sharpens easily and does a good job of cleaning up necks and sides. And my out of pocket cost was pretty low.
ps... I currently build arch top guitars(16" and 17" Jazz) and F5 mandolins. So, I tend to use a lot of scrapers, gouges and round bottom finger planes and spokeshaves. However, I find that the blade openings are way too wide, leaving a less than optimal support for the chip surface. For example; I'm not aware of any spokeshaves with adjustable blade openings, as I have on my hand planes. Any ideas on how to close these openings? I'm contemplating soldering brass on to the cast iron body of my spokeshave . I'm trying to avoid sanding, and achieve a cleaner final surface.. thanks again
I've never seen an adjustable throat spokeshave either and for that reason I too find them to be of limited use. I like to use mine when and where I can simply because it was my Dad's.
You’ve been doing this for 60 years? Impossible! You don’t look a day older than 20 🥹 Great method with the sand papers. I shall give that a go. I usually just stop with the single cut file, but if I can reduce usage of sand paper with a finer scraper, I’m all for that
Holy hell! Simplicity is great! This was very informative and doable for the novice builder.
Thanks to your father for showing you how to sharpen scrapers and thanks to you for teaching us how to do it.
I've already tried two different methods to get it sharp. It does scrape, but when I see your shavings I can get jealous. It looks like I pushed too hard while polishing. I was also very impressed by how you refreshed the cutting edge. Let's see if my third attempt at sharpening works better
Thank you Kevin, that little scraper discussion was very helpful!
Thank you for watching. I'm glad you found it useful.
I'm such a newbie that I have to start scraping stuff. This lesson will get me going. I have a sawmill with a 1 1/4" blade, I think will work great. I do blow them up from time to time.
That one was so incredibly useful, I'm staying up extra late tonight to have a go. Thanks, really appreciated.
Thanks. It's nice to know that this video generated some excitement:)
Thank you for this! I’ve been struggling with this for quite a while!
All Rights! I hope this video gets you sharpening scrapers with ease:)
Thanks for the sharpening method simple and effective
This is one skill I have yet to learn. I get flakes instead of curls. Judging from your video, I'm not preparing the edge well enough prior to turning the hook. Thanks, Kevin.
That sound right to me. And thank you again for watching and commenting on so many of my videos.
Thank you for your experience and your knowledge!:)
My favorite scraper is made from a brand new Harbor Freight $4 hand saw. I ground off the teeth from the blade of the saw and used a hack saw to chunk it up. The 6” X 4” section from near the handle is awesome. It sharpens easily and does a good job of cleaning up necks and sides. And my out of pocket cost was pretty low.
Thanks for contributing that. That's what I call "pragmatic":)
Great show
ps... I currently build arch top guitars(16" and 17" Jazz) and F5 mandolins. So, I tend to use a lot of scrapers, gouges and round bottom finger planes and spokeshaves. However, I find that the blade openings are way too wide, leaving a less than optimal support for the chip surface. For example; I'm not aware of any spokeshaves with adjustable blade openings, as I have on my hand planes. Any ideas on how to close these openings? I'm contemplating soldering brass on to the cast iron body of my spokeshave . I'm trying to avoid sanding, and achieve a cleaner final surface.. thanks again
I've never seen an adjustable throat spokeshave either and for that reason I too find them to be of limited use. I like to use mine when and where I can simply because it was my Dad's.
Is a scraper just a blade with an intentional uniform burr?
Yes, exactly:)
You’ve been doing this for 60 years? Impossible! You don’t look a day older than 20 🥹 Great method with the sand papers. I shall give that a go. I usually just stop with the single cut file, but if I can reduce usage of sand paper with a finer scraper, I’m all for that
Thank you, but I can assure you that I am past 70 years old. Still, thanks for making me feel younger:)