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BigWapiti:
I've tried and tried, following website tutorial, but still can't succeed at consistently putting a good cutting edge on my scrapers.  Sometimes I do something right and I can scrape nice curls for a couple hours.  Most other times, sawdust.  I even went and bought a veritas adjust burnisher - hearing they were the peaches pie of scraper sharpening.  My odds haven't changed.   The scrapers I bought stayed sharp for days - after i "sharpen" them, I'm lucky to get a couple hours.  Maybe I'll just keep buying new ones, and put my old ones up for trade...  ::)

Can someone do a how-to on sharpening? 

I searched here and didn't find a link - I'm surprised though, am I missing it somewhere?

Thanks guys.

Mike

Coo-wah-chobee:
Mike......Roger Sparks did one last year I think. Its probably still on the bows forum me thinks ? BTW way scrapers er good fer 15 mins er so accodring ta luthiers then ya have ta resharpen them. Coupla hours sounds good ta me. Make sure the edge ya are rollin' is flat and has new metal showin' thats probably why the store boughten ones seem better. Just a thought.....bob

BigWapiti:
Thanks Bob,  I've been filing them flat and then using my burnisher to roll the edge.  or should I say, trying to roll the edge.  :)

but if you say 15 minutes, maybe I'm not doing too bad then.  I guess that patience gig is biting me again.  I enjoy my time in the shop building these bows, but sometimes I just want the thing bending quicker than I should.  Its good for me.

Thanks again, I'll search the bows forum - Thanks.

BigWapiti:
Ok, I found it - I must have been mistyping "scraper" - this time I found the link Bob was talking about, from Roger.

Sorry about that folks - but since I made ya look - here's the link...

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

TRACY:
Try using thicker material for your scraper. On thin ones like cabinent makers use you have to file and burnish often. Thicker material allows for more removal  per sharpened edge. Just another option.

Tracy

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