Cabinet Scrapers Are A Must For Any Woodworker – ToolsRUs
Commonly used by woodworkers, cabinet scrapers are needed to reduce high spots or smooth out boards. Pre-milled lumber sold in stores is seldom perfectly true. So as not to end up with irregularly-shaped wood creations, a cabinet maker has to take the steps to flatten and smooth out the wood they use to build things. It is not a tool that needs frequent replacement, for it’s easy to re-edge. Many woodworkers put a lot of stock in scrapers, especially for making things like tables and cabinets. When used correctly, it largely eliminates the need to sand a surface because it levels and smoothes wood at the same time.
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Made from high-carbon steel, a cabinet scraper is flat and rectangular shaped. They come in a variety of sizes, commonly five or six inches long and are usually quite thin, often 0.6 or 0.8 millimetres. The long edge of the scraper is the working end. In order to be useful, a scraper must have a burnished (rounded) long edge forming something called a burr. The burr is nearly impossible to see since it is only 0.05 millimetres or less high. Scrapers don’t come with a burr, so you will have to prepare them after purchase. To do this, you will only need a few tools and a few minutes.
If making a new burr on an existing scraper, first file off the old edge before moving on to the next step. For newly purchased scrapers, you can forgo this step. Remove an old burr by running a file along the broad side of scraper – on both sides. Next, you will want to flatten the narrow edge because it was rounded slightly when you made the last burr. The same file can be used to accomplish this. Finally, take a burnishing tool, which is made from very hard carbon steel, and push it hard against the steel edge, running it along the length of the scraper. This will cause the narrow edge to round a bit while creating a wave-like hook.
Always use cabinet scrapers with the grain of the wood to prevent any gouges in the surface. Frequent sharpening is required, for scraper edges lose their burr in about ten minutes. When scraping only produces dust, not shavings, it is necessary to smooth out the edge and reform the burr.
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