How to Sharpen a Gooseneck Scraper

There’s no scarcity of scraper-sharpening movies out there on the internet. Heck, even our website has two of them: Scraper Sharpening with William Ng and How to Sharpen a Card Scraper. However even after you achieve confidence in your capability to sharpen a common card scraper, you may balk on the problem of how to sharpen gooseneck scraper. The excellent news is it’s actually no totally different. On this video, I present you the tactic I exploit to get a good burnished hook on my curved and gooseneck scrapers.


Square it Up


squaring-up-scrapertThe first step is to sq. up and hone the sting. Regardless that the form of the scraper is curved, this will nonetheless be completed utilizing a file (when essential) and sharpening stones. As ordinary, I exploit a block of wood to assist me maintain the scraper perpendicular to the floor. As soon as the sting is honed up to one thousand-1200 grit, I begin engaged on the faces. The top result"s a good sq. edge with two sharp corners. Sharpening a scraper is a lot like sharpening  a chisel, although I don’t really feel it’s vital to hone it to extraordinarily excessive grits. In my expertise, there’s a diminishing return when you go over one thousand grit.


Burnishing


burnishing-gooseneckAfter you have a sharp nook to work with, you possibly can start to mould the metal into a hook. That is completed by way of a 2-step course of involving a burnisher, which is a easy metallic rod that’s manufactured from a more durable metal than the scraper itself. First, place the scraper flat on the workbench proper close to the sting. Run the burnisher simply a few levels off-horizontal alongside the sting. You want to apply a good quantity of strain however don’t “white knuckle” it. In contrast to a sq. scraper, this isn’t simply a matter of two-three strokes and also you’re accomplished. You’ll want to work a small part of the scraper at a time, rotating it round after each 2-three strokes and following the curved form across the perimeter.


roll-the-hookWhen you see a good even burnishing line on the edge, place the scrape in a vise for the second a part of the burnishing course of: folding the metallic into a hook. With the burnisher a couple of levels off-perpindicular, run it alongside the sting of the scraper. As soon as once more 2-three strokes will do the trick. Reposition the scraper within the vise as wanted. And when you can’t comfortably attain sure elements of the scraper, don’t fear. These are the areas you in all probability gained’t ever use anyway.



scraper-setIn search of a respectable scraper set? Do this one from Crown. it consists of three primary scarpers and a burnisher.






Word: These of you who noticed TWW Stay eleven may recall this demo. I made a decision to re-document it for extra readability so it is perhaps value re-watching.


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