On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:05:33 -0500, Silvan
wrote:

My big new tool was the compleat Scraping 101 deal from LV. Sure, I could
have made a jointer easy enough, and I could have burnished with a
screwdriver, and I could have bought some cheap saws at yardsales to cut
into scrapers... It's all a bit of a silly extravegance, really, and not
something someone who is on a paper thin Christmas budget ought to have
invested in, but...

Me likey! Good, wholesome gadgetry all around. The only toy I had to take
to grandma's house today was this set of stuff and a little scrap of walnut
that was rough on two sides, and had wild grain on two sides.

Now I have a scrap of walnut that's smooooooooth. I'm hooked on scraping,
and don't think I will ever sand anything again. I want to get some really
wild and crazy grain to play with, and see if this will actually tame it.

well... it is possible to get tearout with a scraper.

Ya gotta try, though.



I had some wild maple in that big chess box project I did. Those squares
are outstanding for their beauty, but also for their fudginess. I never
did get them tamed to my satisfaction, with a super ultra finely tuned #4.
If I could use grain like that often, instead of sparingly, it would be a
most awesome thing. I have some scraps of that with the same kind of
figure, and I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do with them tomorrow.