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Andyp wrote:i know you will choke on your tea Mike but I bought a hock blade for my #80 and I felt that it made life much easier. The thicker steel of the Hock blade kept the hook longer, learning how to burnish it properly was a revelation too.
Mike G wrote:Andyp wrote:i know you will choke on your tea Mike but I bought a hock blade for my #80 and I felt that it made life much easier. The thicker steel of the Hock blade kept the hook longer, learning how to burnish it properly was a revelation too.
There's two approaches to cabinet scrapers, and scrapers in general. One approach relies on a burr, and card scrapers can't work any other way. However, cabinet scrapers work beautifully without a burr. Just sharpen it like a chisel (although the closer the angle is to 45 degrees the longer the edge will last), without a burr, and away you go. This is what I do with mine. If you want to use it with a burr, then yes, a slightly thicker plate will help.
MJ80 wrote:......Mike have you got a toothed plane in your armoury, I trested myself to an Ulmia one from ebay for my birthday last year, they are fantastic for anything that has naughty grain. Its first test was on the gnarliest bit of flamed Oak from the fire pile. Leaves lots of little fine ridges that I knocked off with the scraper. Its a really impressive tool.
Mike G wrote:MJ80 wrote:......Mike have you got a toothed plane in your armoury, I trested myself to an Ulmia one from ebay for my birthday last year, they are fantastic for anything that has naughty grain. Its first test was on the gnarliest bit of flamed Oak from the fire pile. Leaves lots of little fine ridges that I knocked off with the scraper. Its a really impressive tool.
No, I haven't. In fact, I've never laid eyes on one. How on earth do you sharpen it?
novocaine wrote:Got a screwdriver Bill? It's all I've ever used.
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