Sharpen A Floor Scraper

Personna 4 in stainless steel carbon steel floor scraper.

Sharpen a floor scraper.

Using hdx or similar blade with four sides. This tool is capable of making tear out free cuts in hardwoods that no plane can manage. Lay the scraper on a firm flat surface such as your bench and wipe a liberal smear of heavy oil along the edge. As you see the stone is resting on edge on the workbench.

This is how to sharpen a painters 5 in 1 tool scraper or filling knife warning this will make the blade razor sharp you can use any type of sander or. How to scrape and sharpen a blade for a wood floor. You want to lubricate the scraper to be sure. There is a reason for this the scraper will make nasty scratches in the stone and so it is better to use the narrow side.

I recommend pushing metal file down the front face toward the sharp edge at a 45 degree angle. Item 1952994 model 61 0495 000061 0495 0000. The end result must be sharp clean edges at right angles to each other. A scraper in its basic form is simply a piece of hardened steel with a small hook that is created by pressing on the tool s edge with an even harder rod of steel.

How to sharpen a scraper 60 seconds to micro planing just as really sharp knives chisels and plane blades are finely honed and highly polished on both sides of their cutting edges a really sharp scraper will have a mirror finish burnished along both sides of a well formed burr. But how to sharpen a scraper is a mysterious or confusing process for many woodworkers. The burnisher will finish the job of sharpening the scraper s edges and then gently shape them into high angle cutters. No burr must be perceptible any more.