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- From: millios@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (william.l.millios)
- Subject: Re: Sharpening and using scrapers
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.181925.25364@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- Organization: AT&T
- References: <WOODWORK%92111119425597@IPFWVM.BITNET>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:19:25 GMT
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- In article <WOODWORK%92111119425597@IPFWVM.BITNET> Jim Morgan <JMORGAN@BROWNVM.BITNET> writes:
- >>I used the "file and burnish" technique to sharpen mine with
- >>moderate success, but the process is still very much trial and
- >>error to me. Is it worth investing in a burnishing gadget?
- >>
- >I have the Veritas Variable Burnisher (recently marked down to $29.95) on
- >my wish list this year - seems like a good idea if you're going to be
- >using a scraper a lot.
-
- I got the Veritas gadget, and wasn't impressed. It's kind of cheesy,
- I thought, and in my preliminary, "let's see how a scraper works"
- experimentations, I found I was better able to get a good hook with
- the use of a burnisher than with the gadget. Save the 30 bucks and
- buy another router bit. (grin)
-
- Bill
-