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Share your tips and tricks.
Mo_coon-catcher:
I like that trick with the steamer. I usually use a wet rag wrapped in foil then heated with a heat gun. It’ll boil the water and the foil will hold in te steam and heat. Sometimes I’ll bend the wood with te foil still on if it’s a slight move of a thick selection. Like a lateral bend or bending a stiff handle.
Kyle
osage outlaw:
Tip #1. Scissors make great detail scrapers for working around knots. I picked up this idea from someone on here when I first started. I ground one side into a slightly rounded shape and left the other one a sharp point. You can do some precise scraping around pin or larger knots.
Tip #2. Take care of your tools! If you throw all of your rasps and scrapers in a bucket or tool bag they can clank around and dull over time. I use bike inner tubes for rasp and file covers. I slide a larger tube over my draw knife before I put it in my tool box. I made leather pouches for my scrapers. I am very particular about my tools. The cutting edges never come in contact with metal.
upstatenybowyer:
Wow Clint, now I gotta go make something to protect my drawknife, it's one of a kind and was made right here in Rochester like 70 years ago.
dylanholderman:
i like the inner tube idea (A) looks way easier and more likely to happen then wrapping them in rags
osage outlaw:
I rip through more sapwood than I care to keep track of. I have never had to sharpen my draw knife. I think keeping your tools protected significantly increases their useful lifespan.
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