Even with a banded wheel (I guess), the fine lace-like scrapings may be a little too much to take off -- as I say, just a guess. A "slightly" - now blunt is the wrong word as it actually uses a "burr" of metal to work - shall we say the smallest burr you can get - takes very little off indeed and should be fine for the irregularities we started the thread with (can be felt but not seen by eye). I would suggest maybe, in this case, working the burr down a little with scraping some spare wood to get the feel of it and, when the scrapings become a fine dust (but plenty of it), try it on the wheel. As I said, my use has been on antique furniture (my own, I hasten to add) where I needed to smooth but not damage the years of patina so it's a rather specialised way of using it (as opposed to stripping the polish, paint etc) which, I think, would be suitable for a novice about to tackle something as risky as fiddling with the wheel - and certainly safer than a chisel!. As I say, I have never used it on a HG so practice a lot first - especially to ensure a good angle to keep it flat. I'd hate someone to end up with a two inch wheel :) Colin Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hurdy-Gurdy List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 11:30 PM Subject: [HG-new] Re: A little tuneup on my Camac Luteback (scrapers)
> > On 10/4/08 4:31 PM, "Colin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Also, most will say that to only take off dust means it requires >> sharpening >> so that it takes off sawdust - I disagree and find that for fine work, >> slightly blunt is far better (more work but I prefer it). I like dust not >> great chunks of wood but then I'm usually restoring furniture, not making >> it. >> >> Colin Hill > > A really well "tuned" cabinet scraper will remove a layer of wood so > thin that it resembles fine lace; the board so finished will not need > sanding. However, working the end grain encountered on an unbanded wheel > will, as Colin points out, produce fine dust. > > Leonard > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy?hl=en?hl=en Although the method of distribution has changed, the rules of courtesy and appropriateness of postings remain the same as on the old list on Majordomo. These rules may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. Just ignore anything about Majordomo. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
