Todd Clippinger

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I was making some veneer panels in the shop. I had resawn the lumber, matched the grain, and glued up the 1/8” thick pieces. After all this I had to scrape the excess glue from the joint in the middle of the panel.

Outside was a cool but sunny autumn day here in Billings, MT. The double doors face south and I had them open. I started scraping the veneer panel glue joints and all you could hear was shhhhhhck, shhhhhhck, shhhhhck.

The veneer panels are made of curly maple and the card scraper handled it with ease. I seemed to achieve that moment of nirvana. No power tools. No stereo. Just me, the panels, and a card scraper producing angel hair curls. It seemed that everything in the universe lined up and I was working in that sweet zone that woodworkers dream of.

Of all the very cool tools that I own, the card scraper is absolutely my favorite tool in the shop. I use it even more than my hand planes. It is such a simple and efficient tool to use. I marvel over the results of this simple tool every time I use it.

I use the most simple method for sharpening the card scraper and I love sharing it because I know how frustrating it can be to figure out. You can see my sharpening method in this video.

One more thing before I go. Notice how naked the back of my hands and wrists are. I recently sharpened my chisels. I LOVE sharp chisels.

Share the Love~Share the Knowledge

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The video link did not work. I really need to learn how to sharpen my scrapers. 

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That is strange. It works for me even as a different computer user.

Try these:

http://woodtube.ning.com/video/the-easy-way-to-sharpen-a-card

http://blip.tv/file/1620889

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It also works for me, I am using Firefox V3.5.3 The only streaming I have had issues with is BrightCove, it works about 30% of the time.

Todd, I like your method, I have avoided scrapers for the most part due to the amount of  time involved, but I think I can invest 5 seconds here and there.  For detail scraping I do use single edge razor blades.

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Dave - I use single edge razors and chisels for detail scraping. I was planning on covering this in the future in a video. I have file and time limitations with the various hosting places for video.