Woodworker's Journal 1993-17-3, страница 19

Photo E: To create the cutting burr, draw the burnisher very lightly along the arris, once up, once back. Hold the burnisher at about 85 degrees to the scraper's face.

take two very Jighi strokes, one up and one back, and that's it.

Of all the things 1 learned, the "light touch" while turning the burr seems most important. 1 discovered the secret when leafing through Tage Frid's Lx>ok Tagc Ft id Teaches Woodworking: Shaping. Veneering. Finishing (Taunton

Press). "Most people." I-rid wrote, as though he had been looking over my shoulder atl those years, "usually get too excited and burnish loo hard the first time they sharpen a scraper blade." As surprising as it seems, turning the burr requires just a little more pressure than that needed to keep the burnisher in contact with the arris. The edge is invisible, but can be felt—draw your finger across, rather than along it. or you'll slice your fingertips.

Turning a burr on all four of the arrises on the scrapers long edges will prolong the use you get from the tool, but eventually you'll need to renew the cutting edges. I get a certain amount of mileage out of rebanishing the faces and turning a new burr—same techniques and same pressure as described above. If that doesn't suffice, lightly burnish the edge (as well as the faces), taking care not to round over the arrises. I hen turn a new burr. When you no

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