Failure with the burnisher

user-7737453 | Posted in Hand Tools on October 25, 2021 04:49pm

My lack of success turning a hook on a curved card scraper significantly increases as the radius decreases. Thanks to the helpful videos from Mike Pekovich, Bob Van Dyke and others at Fine Woodworking, I sharpen the flat scrapers easily and well. I’m bedeviled by the small end of the gooseneck style. Tips and references invited.

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john_c2 | Oct 25, 2021 05:09pm | #1
For really tight curves, I find the gooseneck a nuisance. I grind my own from small bits of 1095 spring steel if it's a small area to be scraped, I use the burr left after grinding, rather than turning a burr with a burnisher.
jharveyb | Oct 26, 2021 08:56pm | #2
I've made quite a few small curved scrapers over time. I make them from small pieces of saws, hack saw blades, or flat paint scraper blades. I grind them to shape, then grind a 45º bevel on them like a cabinet scraper blade, sharpen them on stones, and turn a bevel like I do a cabinet scraper. I think it is much easier than trying to turn a hook on a 90º gooseneck.