In the August 2012 edition of fine woodworking there was an article "Foolproof way to sharpen a scraper." The method included a very simple jig that literally took me 30 seconds to make including travel time to my band saw.
I usually just file the edge and used a burnisher. That was always great for cleaning bindings, purflings or braces but this time I need to remove .010" from the sides where a Florentine cutaway needed to bend. As this was figured koa I needed a real edge.
The jig is just a 8 inch block with a 7 inch band saw kerf. They suggested a 1 3/4 inch square by 8 inch block. I just grabbed some wood sitting on the band saw table. I used it first to allow me to polish the sides. Then with a tiny bit of scraper showing I filed it until I got clean soft steel. It acts as a guide to assure that I file straight. Then I used it to hold the scrapper square while I polish the edge.
polish the sides
File to clean new steel
polish the edge.
No shown is that I clean the burr off like shown in the first picture.
Turn the burr
I learned from the article that it does not take a lot of pressure to turn the burr. The edge is so small that any force is huge on the edge.
The scrapper performed well.
very simple jig for scraper sharping
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Re: very simple jig for scraper sharping
Nice curlies. Thanks.
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