Wood Scrapers

[4570tc]

I was just reading an OLD Muzzle Blast ( Nov. 2000) A article about wood scrapers was intresting. I have never had any luck with them, and now I know why. I had been sharping them to a razor edge. The Author Larry Lyles explained the a rolled over burnished edge was what was needed. and told how to get that edge from a flat piece of saw blade. sorta a hook to scrap with?

Any one else remember this article. or have you used scrapers on your gun stocks?

 

[stubshaft]

I've used them to make self-bows and to shape horns and stocks. You are right in that the key is the rolled and burnished edge. I have an old tool called a "Bowyers Edge" which looks like a spokeshave but uses a scraper rather than a blade in it and I also have some scrapers from Fisher to inlet barrels locks.

One of the most under rated and overlooked tools.

 

[rich pierce]

I have a set of boughten ones and a few homemade ones as well. One trick I learned is to use a drop of oil while burnishing the edge. Much smoother.

 

[4570tc]

I'm going to make some this weekend!!!!

 

[MSW]

"... a drop of oil while burnishing..." why didn't i think of that? why am i such a numbnutz? :cursing: :redface:

thanks... i'll give it a try!

 

[rabjr]

Try a piece of broken glass, you'd be amazed.

 

[Elnathan]

Yep. I am using scrapers with the rifle I am building now, rough ones that I made from a hacksaw blade for shaping and smoothing. I will use finer ones for the final finish.
I like scrapers better than sandpaper most of the time - less dust and much faster removal of material while leaving a fairly smooth finish. They also leave a more olished surface that shows the wood's figure better.

 

[ohio ramrod]

I have used scrapers on furniture for many years. They definetly have their place.

 

[Zonie]

I guess some folks must have missed this recent topic? http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/246793/

 

[jhenry1728]

I've been using a dull utility knife blade.