Card scrapers can be a very useful tool to handle wild grain, but tuning them properly can be a daunting task even for the experienced woodworker. If you turn a very long burr it will break easily but if the burr is too short will will only produce dust.
A properly sharpened scraper attacking the wood at the right angle will produce thin curly shavings and will yield a perfectly smooth surface even on difficult woods like curly maple.
I searched the web and found four great videos showing slightly different techniques for sharpening a scraper and another two on using them.
- Barely Scraping By
by Marc Spagnuolo - Tuning-up a Scraper
by Tommy MacDonald - Tune Up a Card Scraper
by Brian Boggs - How to Burnish a Card Scraper
by Bob Van Dyke
- Using a Card Scraper
by Brian Boggs - How to Use a Card Scraper
by Bob Van Dyke
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
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