A New Tool.

[Phil]

I would not post this suggestion here except for two reasons, first, I have not seen this idea anywhere else, second, everyone that I have showed it to has been amazed at the results. I thought everyone knew this trick, but seemingly this is not the case, so here goes.....

OK, you get a Stanley knife blade and stick it in your vice, sharp edge upperwards, then you burnish the edge at an angle of 30 degrees off vertical with a bit of hard steel. I use the tapered part of a nail punch for this. You slik the steel back and forth 5-6 times, and get the bestest scraper blade you have ever used. Mark the blade on the side of the burr with a bit of masking tape, so you don't get to use it backwards the next day.

It works like magic!

Phil.

[Kim]

Thanks Bill,

These are great for levelling drop fill in a finish, just remember to put a bit of tape on each end.

Cheers

Kim

[simso]

Using teflon tape, gets the blade closer to the surface as well, it also allows the blade to glide over the areas you dont want scraped.

I simply drag the edge of the blade once over the corner of my vise to achieve the shovel edge.