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WhistlingBadger:
So, I am very slowly working on turning Timbo's stave into a bow.  A while back I got a cabinet scraper and a burnishing rod.  I love working with this thing--it makes me slow down and think about what I'm doing, and I like the smooth finish it leaves.

However, for the life of me I can't get it to shave like it did at first.  The guys on youtube make it look so simple!  I put it in a vice, file off the burs, file the top flat, then work the burnishing rod across it at an angle until I have a new bur that catches my fingernail.  I take it to my bow and...nothing.  I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.  Any tips, hints, or cheat codes???

osage outlaw:
You might have to adjust the angle of the scraper to get it to cut. 

This is how I learned.  I used to make scrapers to sell at shoots.   I sharpened them all this way.   

https://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,1237.0.html

mmattockx:

--- Quote from: WhistlingBadger on August 30, 2020, 04:20:36 pm ---SI put it in a vice, file off the burs, file the top flat, then work the burnishing rod across it at an angle until I have a new bur that catches my fingernail.  I take it to my bow and...nothing.  I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.  Any tips, hints, or cheat codes???

--- End quote ---

You are probably pushing too hard on the burnisher, it doesn't take much pressure at all.

This is a good demo of how to do it, even without the guide block: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Sl6FrWwNQ


Mark

WhistlingBadger:
Thanks, guys.  That should help.

Hawkdancer:
 >:D Use your Buck knife! (lol).  I did!  Just be easy with the burnishing rod, they are real tough steel!
Hawkdancer

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